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Remembering Those Who Left Us In 2011

December 27, 2011 • Former first lady Betty Ford, vice presidential nominees Geraldine Ferraro and Sargent Shriver, and former giants from the Senate, including Charles Percy and Mark Hatfield, are among those from the political world who died in the past year.

Political Powerhouses: Remembering Those Who Died

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) was first elected to the Senate in 1959 and was the longest serving member in the Senate's history. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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Political Powerhouses: Remembering Those Who Died

December 29, 2010 • A comprehensive list of lawmakers, journalists, campaign advisers and family members who died in 2010, and who for the most part helped make politics an honorable profession.

The 2010 Obit Podcast

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Elizabeth Edwards Deserved Better

December 7, 2010 • After battling breast cancer for years, Elizabeth Edwards succumbed to the disease on Tuesday. Having lost a teenage son to an automobile accident, and having endured the public humiliation of her philandering husband, she never lost her dignity.

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Prof. Ron Walters, Authority On The Politics Of Race, Is Dead At 72

September 11, 2010 • Professor Ronald Walters, a professor at the University of Maryland who was one of the nation's most foremost authorities on race and the politics of race, died Friday night at the age of 72.

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Dan Schorr, A True Legend In Journalism And A Beloved Figure At NPR, Dies

July 23, 2010 • Daniel Schorr, NPR's senior news analyst and a legend in the field of journalism, is dead at 93.

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Remembering Elise Boulding, Peace Activist

July 15, 2010 • Elise Boulding, a long time battler for peace, died last month at the age of 89. She also waged a write-in campaign for Congress from Michigan in 1966, the subject of a reader's question.

Lying In Repose? Lying In State? Or Just Plain Lying?

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Lying In Repose? Lying In State? Or Just Plain Lying?

July 1, 2010 • As Senator Robert Byrd lies in repose in the Senate chamber, a question: what is the difference between "lying in repose" and "lying in state"?

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Funeral Arrangements for Sen. Byrd

June 29, 2010 • The office of the late Sen. Robert Byrd has released a schedule of his memorial service in both the Senate and West Virginia, with a burial in Virginia on Tuesday, July 6.

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Now The Focus Is On Byrd's Successor; Gov. Manchin Won't Appoint Himself

June 28, 2010 • The Senate's longest serving member, Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, is dead, at age 92. Gov. Joe Manchin, a fellow Democrat, will name his successor, but he says he will not select himself.

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A Very Different Stroke: The Gary Coleman For Governor Campaign

June 3, 2010 • Remembering Gary Coleman, who died recently, and who ran a mostly-forgotten campaign for governor of California during the recall election of 2003.

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Buz Lukens, Conservative-Up-&-Comer-Turned-Embarrassment, Dies At 79

May 24, 2010 • Former Ohio Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens," a once young conservative rising star who later went to prison for having sex with an underage girl, dies at age 79.

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Willard Wirtz Dies; Was Last Surviving JFK Cabinet Member

April 26, 2010 • Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, is dead at 98. He was the last surviving member of the JFK Cabinet.

Willard Wirtz interview

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Alexander Haig Is Dead; Former Secretary Of State Was 85

February 20, 2010 • Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig is dead at age 85.

Charlie Wilson — He Of 'Charlie Wilson's War' — Is Dead

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Charlie Wilson — He Of 'Charlie Wilson's War' — Is Dead

February 10, 2010 • Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson — best known as the subject of the Tom Hanks movie, "Charlie Wilson's War" — has died.

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House Democrats Lose Leading Voice On Defense

February 8, 2010 • Rep. John Murtha, a powerful Pennsylvania Democrat, dies at 77 after complications from gall bladder surgery.