Update: PD Reverses Itself Now Says Tubbs-Jones In Critcal Condition
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U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in Congress, has died after suffering a brain aneurysm, said sources familiar with the situation.
She was removed from life support at 12:19 p.m. at Huron Road Hospital, the sources said.
Tubbs Jones, 58, served as a Cuyahoga County judge and prosecutor before succeeding U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes. She has served five terms in Congress and was expected to easily win her sixth in November.
Update from The PD:
Tubbs Jones in critical condition at Huron Hospital
Tubbs Jones has been on The Colbert Report several times. An early Better Know A District interview:
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