Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald Dies of Cancer
Monday, April 23rd, 2007 at 5:33 pm · 11 views
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, a seven-term congresswoman from southern California, died late Saturday of cancer.
Millender-McDonald, who was 68, died at her home in Carson, California, said her chief of staff, Bandele McQueen.
McQueen could provide no details on what form of cancer Millender-McDonald had. He said she had been receiving hospice care.
The congresswoman had asked for a four- to six-week leave of absence from the House last week to deal with her illness.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/22/millender.mcdonald.ap/index.html
