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yes, but WHEN did she die? @Sharon – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->———- >From:  Dabrinah[SMTP:dabri...@aol.com] >Sent:  Tuesday, November 11, 1997 5:32 PM >To:    MSLIS…@techunix.technion.ac.il >Subject:       Barbara Jordan dead at 59, 1/17/96 (long) >I’m posting this in response to NG inquiries re: whether Ms. Jordan did >indeed > die > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 >Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan Dies >By PEGGY FIKAC >Associated Press Writer >AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, whose ringing voice >and unshakable faith in the Constitution inspired the nation during the >Watergate impeachment hearings, died today. She was 59. >Ms. Jordan, the first black elected to Congress from the South since >Reconstruction, had been ill for several years, suffering from multiple >sclerosis. >Once considered a possible vice presidential candidate, Ms. Jordan left >politics after threeterms in the House, choosing to teach instead. >Shunning the limelight, she devoted her energies to students, who fondly >called her "B.J." >Her death was confirmed by a spokeswoman at the Lyndon B. Johnson School >of PublicAffairs at the University of Texas, where she began teaching in >1979. >The daughter of a Baptist minister, Ms. Jordan became a state senator in >1966, becoming the first black to serve there. She was elected to Congress >six years later. >Former Rep. Peter Rodino, then chairman of the Judiciary Committee, later >recalled his first meeting with her. "She came in to see me, I’ll never >forget, opened her mouth, spoke a few words, and I remember thinking, >’This is a woman I certainly want on this committee."’ >It was during the committee’s 1974 hearings on whether to impeach >President Nixon that Ms. Jordan won a national reputation. >"The gentle lady from Texas," as Rodino called her, stirred television >audiences across the country when she declared: "My faith in the >Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total." >She went on to give a stirring keynote address at the 1976 Democratic >National Convention, which nominated Jimmy Carter. And she repeated her >keynote role in 1992, challenging delegates and the nation: >"We need to change the decaying inner cities from decay to places where >hope lives. As we undergo that change, we must be prepared to answer >Rodney King’s haunting question ‘Can we all get along?’ I say we answer >that question with a resounding yes." King was the black motorist whose >videotaped beating led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. >She also warned her party: "We must frankly acknowledge our complicity in >the creation of the unconscionable budget deficit." >Despite the reputation she earned for oratory, in recent years she had >devoted herself to her students. >"Any time there is any major political event, a national election, the >Republican convention, the Democratic convention, she gets calls. She will >comment on occasion. But generally, her response to all media is that her >time is of the essence," said Sandra Martin, Ms. Jordan’s administrative >secretary, in a 1984 interview. >Ms. Jordan was born in Houston in 1936. She graduated with honors from >Texas Southern University, where she was a member of the debating team >that defeated Harvard. She studied law at Boston University. >She practiced law in Houston and got her start in politics licking stamps >in the Kennedy-Johnson campaign of 1960. >"I had a law degree but no practice, so I went down to Harris County >Democratic headquarters and asked them what I could do," she once >recalled. >"They put me to work licking stamps and addressing envelopes. One night we >went out to a church to enlist Negro voters and the woman who was supposed >to speak didn’t show up. I volunteered to speak in her place and right >after that, they took me off licking and addressing." >She made two unsuccessful bids for the Texas House of Representatives. >Then in 1966, after the Supreme Court’s one-person, one-vote ruling, the >Legislature divided Houston into electoral districts. >Ms. Jordan ran for the state Senate and won, and soon earned her >colleagues’ respect. Sen. Dorsey Hardeman first let it be known he didn’t >want anything to do with her, but by the end of the session was a sponsor >of a resolution commending her. >Her legislative achievements included co-sponsoring the state’s first >minimum wage bill, sponsoring a workers’ compensation bill and leading >opposition to a bill intended to disenfranchise blacks and Hispanics by >tightening voter registration requirements. >Her 1976 Democratic Convention speech was so remarkable, it quickly >spawned rumors she might be the vice presidential nominee. >But in 1977, she announced she would not seek another term. >"The longer you stay in Congress, the harder it is to leave," she said >then.  "I didn’t want to wake up one fine sunny morning and say there is >nothing else that Barbara Jordan can do."

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>Do you know what here her complications were ?<<

Frank, From my longer post on 11/11: "In 1988, after nearly drowning in her swimming pool, her doctors reported she  was suffering from multiple sclerosis. She was forced to rely on a wheelchair  to get around.  In 1994, she was also diagnosed with leukemia.  She died of  pneumonia…related to whatever…" Best, Judith

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>yes, but WHEN did she die?<

Sharon, It’s in this Subject heading and also in the  heading of the news release…  >>> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996<< …and also in my post of 11/11: "In 1994, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s  highest honor for a civilian. ** Just 3 weeks before her death (1/17/96)**,  on December 30, 1995, Ms. Jordan agreed to serve as Honorary Chair of the Hope  for Families, Inc.   Hope for familes is dedicated to rebuilding the community  by rebuilding familes through innovative and creative programs designed to address the holistic needs of people in the greater Houston area. In 1988, after nearly drowning in her swimming pool, her doctors reported she  was suffering from multiple sclerosis. She was forced to rely on a wheelchair  to get around.  In 1994, she was also diagnosed with leukemia.  She died of  pneumonia…related to whatever… <wink> Judith

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Barbara Jordan died on January 17, 1996. On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:07:27 -0500, Sharon Brown <SBr…@SBTINFO.COM> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 >>Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan Dies >>By PEGGY FIKAC >>Associated Press Writer >>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, whose ringing voice >>and unshakable faith in the Constitution inspired the nation during the >>Watergate impeachment hearings, died today.

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