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Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly has died at age 75

The influential congressman recently announced he was not seeking reelection after discovering that his esophageal cancer had returned

He is the third House Democrat to die in office since the new Congress convened in January

Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly died at the age of 75, weeks after announcing that his esophageal cancer had returned despite "grueling" treatments since his diagnosis in 2024.

“It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving father, husband, brother, friend, and public servant, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, passed away peacefully at his home this morning surrounded by family,” Connolly’s family shared in a statement on X on Wednesday, May 21.

The family noted that Connolly “liv

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