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January 17, 2021 4 min read
State Senator Dave Arnold (R-48) takes the oath of office in a January 2020 ceremony at the State Capitol with wife Alicia and daughter Reese accompanying him. Arnold died Sunday, Jan. 17, succumbing to a 15-month battle with brain cancer. (Senate Republican Communications)
State Senator Dave Arnold died Sunday, Jan. 17, from brain cancer.
He died peacefully in his sleep at home with his wife and daughter by his side, according to a statement released by the Senate Republican Communications Office. He was 49 years old.
Arnold was sworn into the position just under a year ago, defeating Democratic candidate Michael Schroeder for the 48th Senatorial District seat in a special election to replace former state Senator Michael J. Folmer over charges related to child pornography, for which he later pled guilty.
Pa. state senator dies from brain cancer at age 49
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 17, 2021
Sen. Dave Arnold, R-Lebanon County, took the oath of office as the 48th District senator in January 2020 with his 13-year-old daughter Reese and wife Alicia by his side.
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Pennsylvania Sen. Dave Arnold died Sunday at home with his wife and daughter by his side, ending a 15-month battle with brain cancer.
Arnold was 49 years old. He took the oath of office last January to represent the 48th senatorial district, which covers all of Lebanon County and parts of Dauphin and York counties. At the time, he said he considered it an honor to be given the opportunity to “work for the public and to do things for the benefit of the public.”
’Pennsylvania is a better place because of him’: Colleagues react to Sen. Dave Arnold’s passing PennLive.com 1/17/2021 Jan Murphy, pennlive.com
Friends and colleagues reacted with sadness upon learning of Sen. Dave Arnold’s death on Sunday morning following his 15-month-long battle with brain cancer. He was 49.
The former longtime Lebanon County district attorney, who held his senatorial post since last January, died at home with his wife Alicia and daughter Reese at his side. As the senator for the 48th District, he represented all of Lebanon County and portions of Dauphin and York counties.
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