WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, an Arlington Republican, has died. His campaign staff announced the news Monday. Wright had lived for years with cancer
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.
<figcaption> U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, an Arlington Republican, had been undergoing treatment for cancer since 2018. In January, he announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19. <cite>Credit: United States Congress</cite>
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