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US Senator Byrd Dead at 92

   VOA News 28 June 2010
   Sen.  Robert  Byrd,  D-W.V.  waves  as  he  arrives on Capitol Hill in
   Washington, 26 Feb 2010

Photo: AP

   Sen.  Robert  Byrd,  D-W.V.  waves  as  he  arrives on Capitol Hill in
   Washington, 26 Feb 2010

   Senator  Robert  Byrd, the longest serving member of the United States
   Congress, has died.
   A  spokesman  for  the  92-year-old  Democrat  from  the state of West
   Virginia  said  Byrd had been hospitalized since last week.  At first
   he  was  thought  to  be  suffering  from  heat  exhaustion and severe
   dehydration but other medical conditions developed. Â
   On Sunday, his condition was described as "serious."
   Byrd  was  first  elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1952
   and  to  the U.S. Senate in 1958.  He has suffered from ill health in
   recent  years  but  retained  his  reputation for securing millions of
   federal dollars for his home state.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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