Aug 20, 2008 5:41 pm US/Pacific
Ohio's Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies After Hemorrhage
CLEVELAND (AP) ―
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U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones died on Aug. 20, 2008 after having a brain hemorrhage.
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Former Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) celebrates with her daughter Chelsesa Clinton (C) and Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (R) at a campaign rally at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa., on April 21, 2008.
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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.
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 suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in Cleveland Heights Tuesday night, said Dr. Gus Kious, president of Huron Hospital in East Cleveland.
The congresswoman had been driving erratically and her vehicle crossed from the northbound lanes across the southbound lanes, according to a statement from police.
An officer pulled a cruiser across the roadway to warn oncoming traffic. The officer reached her vehicle and found Tubbs Jones in medical distress, the statement said.
First elected in 1998, Tubbs Jones was one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's biggest boosters during the primaries. She backed Barack Obama in June and was to be a superdelegate at next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. Although she backed Obama, Tubbs Jones had said Obama can't win unless Clinton's supporters rally behind him.
Tubbs Jones, who represented the heavily Democratic 11th District, chaired the ethics committee in the House. She was also the first black woman to serve on the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
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