Stephanie Tubbs Jones dies

Filed by Associated Press August 20th, 2008 in Top Stories.
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EAST CLEVELAND — Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died.

Cleveland Clinic spokeswoman Eileen Sheil says Tubbs Jones died at 6:12 p.m. today after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst and left her with limited brain function.

The 58-year-old Tubbs Jones was the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war. She suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in her east side district Tuesday evening.


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