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Bloomberg
6 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Carolyn McCarthy, NY's ‘Gun Lady' in Congress, Dies at 81
Carolyn McCarthy, the New York congresswoman motivated to enter politics by the shooting of her husband and son, only to find gun control a difficult sell in Washington, has died. She was 81. Her death was reported on Thursday by Newsday. She had announced her retirement from Congress in 2014, months after disclosing that she had lung cancer and was receiving chemotherapy treatments. In a post on X, Representative Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat, called her 'one of our nation's great champions in the fight against gun violence.'
Bloomberg
6 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Carolyn McCarthy, New York's ‘Gun Lady' in Congress, Dies at 81
Carolyn McCarthy, the New York congresswoman motivated to enter politics by the shooting of her husband and son, only to find gun control a difficult sell in Washington, has died. She was 81. Her death was reported on Thursday by Newsday. She had announced her retirement from Congress in 2014, months after disclosing that she had lung cancer and was receiving chemotherapy treatments. In a post on X, Representative Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat, called her 'one of our nation's great champions in the fight against gun violence.'
