[Volunteer]

The sister who ran for office died?

[barf]

Now both the husband and sister have won the Darwin Jr. Prize.

[NittanyLion]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - State Sen. Emily Couric, a rising star in Virginia's Democratic Party and the sister of NBC's "Today" show co-host Katie Couric, died Thursday [poster's note: October 18, 2001] of pancreatic cancer. She was 54.

Couric dropped out of the race for lieutenant governor after being diagnosed with cancer in July 2000. She stayed in the Senate and took on the co-chairmanship of the state party.

During six years in the Senate, Couric fought to make Virginia the first state to require insurance companies to pay for colon cancer screening, a law that passed last year. Katie Couric's husband, Jay Monahan, died of colon cancer in 1998.

Born in Atlanta, Couric was the eldest of four children. She graduated from Smith College and worked as a journalist, writing for the Legal Times in Washington. She also wrote books about the legal profession.

She won a seat in the state senator in 1995 and was re-elected in 1999.

[StormEye]

"The sister who ran for office died?"

Yes, last month I believe. Pancreatic cancer.

[MinuteGal]

Yep, Kolon Katie's sister really died and was buried. On the other hand, there are many liberals in Congress who also died years ago but still hold office.

Leni