Rep Tom Lantos of California has passed away

[dbackjon]

Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday.

Tom Lantos represented his northern California district in the House for 14 terms.

Lynne Weill said that Lantos, 80, passed away at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland.

Lantos, a Democrat who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, disclosed last month that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/11/ ... index.html

[dbackjon]

A great Congressman - he will be missed.

[Wedgebuster]

A toast to The Greatest Generation!

[dbackjon]

A toast to The Greatest Generation!

He was one of the 80,000 Hungarian Jews saved by Raoul Wallenberg