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U.S. Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX 6th District), of Arlington, died Sunday after contracting COVID-19 while fighting a prolonged battle against lung cancer.
According to a statement from his family, Wright, 67, died peacefully Feb. 7 with his wife Susan by his side.
The family did not confirm Wright s cause of death, though both he and his wife had been hospitalized recently for COVID-19. He is the first sitting member of Congress to die after contracting COVID-19. Despite years of painful, sometimes debilitating treatment for cancer, Ron never lacked the desire to get up and go to work, to motivate those around him, or to offer fatherly advice, his office said in a statement.
Texas Republican Ron Wright is first member of Congress to die from COVID-19
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Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas), in Midlothian, Texas, on June 14, 2019. (Shaban Athuman/Dallas Morning News/TNS)Shaban Athuman, MBR / TNS
Texas Rep. Ron Wright, a 67-year-old Republican from Arlington, died Sunday from COVID-19, according to a statement from his congressional office. He is the first sitting member of Congress to die of the virus.
Wright and his wife, Susan, had been admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas two weeks ago after testing positive.
“Today I am deeply saddened by the loss of a good man and one of my closest friends in Congress, Ron Wright,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, an Austin Republican, said on Monday.
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