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US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage

By M.R. KROPKO, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after having a brain hemorrhage, a Cleveland Clinic official said.
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Tubbs Jones, 58, died at 6:12 p.m. after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst and left her with limited brain function, spokeswoman Eileen Sheil said

"Throughout the course of the day and into this evening, Congresswoman Tubbs Jones' medical condition declined," Sheil said in a statement from the clinic and Tubbs Jones' family.

The liberal Democrat, first elected in 1998, suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in Cleveland Heights Tuesday night, said Dr. Gus Kious, president of Huron Hospital in East Cleveland.

She had suffered "a very serious brain hemorrhage" caused by an aneurysm that burst in an inaccessible part of her brain, he said.

A brain aneurysm is a bulge in an artery in the brain. It can leak or rupture, causing bleeding in the brain.

Tubbs Jones represented the heavily Democratic 11th District and chaired the ethics committee in the House. She was the first black woman to serve on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, where she opposed President Bush's tax cuts and his efforts to create personal accounts within Social Security.

Several news organizations, including The Associated Press, had earlier reported that Tubbs Jones had died. The AP cited a Democratic official.

The reports prompted Sen. John Kerry to issue a statement mourning her passing.

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Associated Press writer Andrew Taylor in Washington contributed to this report.

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julia

Crazy sad.

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MintJulep

How tragic. RIP.

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Richterscale

Very sad.
An old friend of mine suffered an aneurysm several years back. It didn't kill her, buy it essentially destroyed her life, and for many years she wished it had killed her.

Sudden. Unpredictable. Devastating.

R.I.P. Congresswoman Tubbs Jones.

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anhailla

how horrible

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julia

I believe she was a friend of RT and had been on several times.

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ibex

Her sudden death at the mere age of 58 is tragic.

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My uncle died from a brain aneurysm. It was one of the worst things to have to deal with. One minute they're there and the next minute they're gone. I'm sorry for her family and friends.

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