Update: Death Now Confirmed By Family And Hospital - Ohio U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones
UPDATE 7:20pm ET:
(CPD)
Family, hospital confirm Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ death
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ family and officials at Huron Hospital have announced that the five-term congresswoman has died.
She was 58.
This is the statement:
Tubbs Jones Family, Huron Hospital and Cleveland Clinic
August 20, 2008 - 6:40 p.m.
“Throughout the course of the day and into this evening, Congresswoman Tubbs Jones’ medical condition declined. Medical doctors and neurosurgeons from Huron Hospital and Cleveland Clinic sadly report that at 6:12 p.m. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones died. She dedicated her life in public service to helping others and will continue to do so through organ donations.
Please keep her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time.”
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UPDATE 2:00 pm ET:Cleveland TV and radio stations Rep. Tubbs-Jones condition “grave” and might be removed from life support sometime soon. Her family is indicating ‘it is not good news’.Rep. Tubbs-Jones was set to be a Super Delegate at the DNC Convention in Denver … Was a Hillary Clinton supporter in the past.
I’m hearing on the radio the Congresswoman is not doing well at all …
CLEVELAND: Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, had an aneurysm and remained in a hospital today, a spokeswoman said.
Tubbs Jones, 58, suffered the aneurysm while driving her car in Cleveland Heights on Tuesday, spokeswoman Nicole Williams said. The congresswoman’s condition has been stabilized at a hospital in East Cleveland, she said.
Tubbs Jones, first elected in 1998, was one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s biggest boosters during the primaries and is a superdelegate at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver.
The congresswoman was driving erratically at 9 p.m. Tuesday in suburban Cleveland Heights, according to a statement from police.
Her vehicle rolled from the northbound lanes across the southbound lanes. 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.
Tubbs Jones, who represents the heavily Democratic 11th District, spent Tuesday planning an upcoming forum on electoral reform during a full day of activity, Williams said. The congresswoman was scheduled to travel Sunday to Denver for the convention.
(AP)
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Well, let’s all hope she gets better. She is lucky that she didn’t get smashed by head-on traffic.
Of course, tomorrow’s headline will probably be somehting about GWB and his administration causing this to happen to the Ms. Tubbs-Jones and Pelosi wanting to launch an investigation.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:54 amyeah hope she gets better. thats a pretty serious medical condition. couldnt imagine that happening while driving.
August 20th, 2008 at 10:04 amShe has died. May she rest in peace.
August 20th, 2008 at 10:18 amyeah, you don’t easily recover from that…
August 20th, 2008 at 10:28 amfox reported that she died and now they are retracting from that saying she is in critical condition still.
August 20th, 2008 at 10:43 amWow, another Dem dies in a weird way….and what’s even more wierd is that they BOTH were Hillary supports who turned their back on her and went with Obama….hmmmmm,
August 20th, 2008 at 10:56 amHaving problems getting in to update the story, so posting it here …
UPDATE 3:00pm ET:
Tubbs Jones in critical condition at Huron Hospital
http://blog.cleveland.com/plaindealer/2008/08/stephanie_tubbs_jones_in_criti.html
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in Congress, is in critical condition after suffering an aneurysm last night, officials said this afternoon.
Tubbs Jones, 58, served as a Cuyahoga County judge and prosecutor before succeeding U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes. She has served five terms in Congress and is expected to easily win her sixth in November.
A doctor and family members said she has limited brain function.
August 20th, 2008 at 11:21 am