Julia Carson, 69, U.S. Representative, Is Dead

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A Newt One sends condolences to the family and friends.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Representative Julia Carson, the first black person and first woman to represent Indianapolis in Congress, died Saturday, a family spokeswoman said. She was 69.

Ms. Carson died after a battle with lung cancer, said the spokeswoman, Vanessa Summer.

Ms. Carson announced last month that she had terminal lung cancer and that she would not run for a seventh term next year. She had not been in Washington since September, when she was hospitalized with a leg infection. [...]

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