Posted on 10/14/2006 6:54:45 AM PDT by HHKrepublican_2
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay person elected to Congress, died early Saturday at Boston Medical Center, a hospital official said. He was 69.
Christian Kiriakos, central administrator at the hospital, said Studds died between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. He did not have additional information, and details of Studds' death could not be immediately confirmed.
Studds, a liberal Democrat who spent more than 20 years in Congress, was censured by the House in the 1980s for having sex with a 17-year-old male page. He was re-elected for several more terms.
Last year he married his longtime partner, Dean Hara, in Boston.
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Or a gift from the Clintons?
Now that depends on the circumstances. If he got the flu, or Alzheimers, or even AIDS, that's one thing. But he's dead by trauma, an investigation is called for. As someone posted, 69 is not all that old anymore to be dying from a fall. One Korean war vet, (and FReeper husband) that I know is older than that, and he still goes to work every day, and is still contributing to the National Defense, as he has pretty much since he was a 17 year old Marine recruit.
No they only show up at the funerals of fallen warriors and innoncent children.
A real fag, and prominent member of the Party of Treason, not a chance.
Karl Rove already has his hands full. That's why we're here.
In America we are allowed to criticize people after they die.
Just because Ken Lay dies, you think he should be immune from criticism?
I'd be checking that Sloan woman who works for Soros.
Another one to add to the Slicks Body Count!
Was Studds becoming as issue for the Dems?
Will there be an independant autopsy?
That sounds about as believable as when Barry Manilow showed up with facial injuries from "house work" or something like that (aka: trouble in sodomite paradise).
Okay, how about if I spell it correctly and ask if there have been rumors of AIDS?--LOL!
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No aids. Just pagez. LOL!
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