US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage

Source: AP

US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage

By M.R. KROPKO – 21 minutes ago

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio has died.

Clinic spokeswoman Eileen Sheil says Tubbs Jones died at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst and left her with limited brain function.

The 58-year-old Tubbs Jones was the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war. She suffered the hemorrhage while driving her car in her east side district Tuesday evening.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5atlJ9I4IGbTPQB-hNQ...

Sigh...

She will most definitely be missed!

A great one. It's a loss we can ill afford.

You will be missed and deeply loved by many. :cry:

we have all lost a champion

:cry:

From the Houston Chronicle comments by AwakeandVocal:

She died at age 58 after her political party raised the social security collecting age for younger people up to 67 (and counting). They even helped see to it that George W. Bush's initiative to enable us to have private accounts that we can pass on to our loved ones if we die early like Stephanie Tubbs has just done NEVER even got voted on in Congress. We're supposed to miss this elected official? I won't miss Teddy Kennedy either.
8/20/2008 6:26:11 PM

:wtf:

I really liked her. She had a great spirit.

that it wasn't Sheila Jackson Lee instead.

g-d how i despise redneck knuckledraggers. "Awake and Vocal", try "Brainwashed and Hateful" instead. :mad:

All is hatred is about social security and the privatization thereof? What an ass!

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/family_hospital...

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones' family and officials at Huron Hospital have announced that the five-term congresswoman has died.

She was 58.

This is the statement:

Tubbs Jones Family, Huron Hospital and Cleveland Clinic

August 20, 2008 - 6:40 p.m.

"Throughout the course of the day and into this evening, Congresswoman Tubbs Jones' medical condition declined. Medical doctors and neurosurgeons from Huron Hospital and Cleveland Clinic sadly report that at 6:12 p.m. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones died.

She dedicated her life in public service to helping others and will continue to do so through organ donations.

Please keep her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time."

I will send all my light and love to her family.

Yes, it is certainly a large and loving heart. The recipient will be blessed in many ways.

Farewell, Congresswoman, and Godspeed.

That blurb just reminded me of that.

She will be missed. She wasn't afraid to stand by her principles and that's rare in Congress these days.

"You can not certify what you can not verify" .... S. T. Jones Jan. 2005

Edited on Wed Aug-20-08 02:35 PM by Botany
I might not have the quote right but she stood up and called out the theft of 2004 in Ohio.

We need a "Boxer Type" Flower Fund Drive for her funeral.

Golden Slumbers
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Lead Vocal: Paul McCartney

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye

Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLTFJiN8o-A

I always admired her courage and her energy.

Somehow I expect all the local media will forget to cover that quote of hers ...

I wish you rebirth, or heaven, wherever your heart, soul, mind may take you. G-d Bless. Blessings to you and yours. Thank you for your work, and fighting the fight.

God bless and ask the Big Guy (or Gal) Upstairs to help us out down here in November Stephanie

RIP, Rep. Tubbs Jones. Your passion will be missed. Peace to your loved ones. :hug:

Source: WKYC

EAST CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland Clinic spokeswoman says U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has died.

The Clinic released a statement just before 7 p.m. which said the congresswoman's condition since suffering a brain aneurysm and hemorrhage had declined throughougt the day. Rep. Tubbs Jones was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m.

The clinic statement continues as follows: "She dedicated her life in public service to helping others and will continue to do so through organ donations. Please keep her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time."

At an earlier press conference, Dr. Gus Kious, president of Huron Hospital, where the congresswoman was treated, told the media that Tubbs Jones suffered the brain aneurysm in an inaccessible part of her brain. The aneurysm burst causing Tubbs Jones' brain to hemorrhage. Kious said Tubbs Jones was left with limited brain function as a result.

Read more: http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyi...

Very, very sad.

She campaigned honorably for Hillary Clinton, but when she lost, she was a 100% team player, and got on board the Obama train.

My condolences to her constituents and her family.

Something tells me Tom Brokaw and Andrea Mitchell won't be having a continuous on-air memorial service for her for the next 4 days.

If there was a god Cheney would have suffered a coma that lasted years.
If there was a god Bush would have died choking on that pretzel.
If there was a god Wellstone's plane would have landed safely.
If there was a god neither Kennedy would have been killed by the Republican Party.
If there was a god US Rep. Tubbs Jones would be walking around today, being the wonderful person and hero that speaks truth to power that we have always known.

Molly Ivins
Ann Richards
Barbara Jordan

A magnificent caucus in Heaven!

....seems the good they die young. You just look around and they're gone....
(from Abraham, Martin, and John by Dion)

I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.
Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.
Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.
A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,
A formula, a phrase remains,--but the best is lost.
The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love, --
They are gone. They are gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave,
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

-- Edna St. Vincent Millay

to see if we have the faith to withstand the evil of the archconservatives who have bumped off liberal for centuries.

Historical examples:

1. The Pharisees killing Jesus (they used Rome as hit men).
2. John Wilkes Booth (pro-slavery) offing Abe Lincoln

...the list goes on and on and on...

Sometimes lizard wins (Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot)

Sometimes Upper Consciousness wins (Sagan, Lincoln, Kennedy)

This is so sad. She was a wonderful and highly intelligent person and the antithesis of the do-nothing U.S. Rep.

Does anyone remember her as one of the earliest featured Reps on Colbert's "Better Know A District"? She was one of the first who got that he was doing an act, and completely bought into it and came off as warm and charming.

Thoughts and prayers to her family and friends.

Sad news.

Edited to fix stupid spelling error...

A good woman, a good Democrat and a good public servant.

:cry:

She was a wonderful soul. A fighter. A true patriot.

I will miss her. This is a great loss.

God rest her lovely soul. :cry:

this is a real loss - nothing compared to what her family is going through but her performance in hearings was so impressive. A bright light has been lost for the party.

Peace to her loved ones.

Prayers and blessings to her family and friends. She will be missed.

For her, for her family, for Ohio, and for the rest of us.

My sympathies to her family, friends, and constituents. We lost a really wonderful person. :cry:

My sympathies to her family and friends. ANd all her loyal supporters and constituents.

I thought she was going to make it :cry:

Let us all stand quietly in her memory.

My sympathies to the family.

Classy lady with guts and conviction. :cry:

She is definitely one fellow African-American whom I have long looked up to and seen as a shining example. She will be missed. She already is...

You were a patriot through and through and you will be sorely missed by many!

Thank you for all you have done for all of us!

:cry:

It was an August evening and Sydnie was in the meadow of the "Great House that
over looked Gull Bay ..... "

all the best my Friend .... I will be in N.E. Ohio tomorrow and I think I will drop some
flowers off @ S.T. Jones' office.

with her family, this is a shocking way to go and terrible for the family. I know, I lost my husband the same way June 27th. The doctors told me it was quick and without pain. I pray it is so for all who meet this sudden death. There are hardly any words that can convey enough heartfelt sympathy for the family.

She was a great lady.

It is always hard for me to reply to threads when I don't know the politician or person in question. But your story hit home, may your grief be eased over time and may Mrs. tubbs family feel all our prayers as well...

:grouphug:

though you will be sorely missed, rest in peace.

I am sorry she did not live to see the end of the current term in the White House.

It's so hard to believe... too young to go.

Rest in peace. My thoughts are with her family tonight.

She was one of the best members of Congress.

She was terrific. RIP Stephanie.

You will be missed, but not forgotten.

:cry:

She was a wonderful representative, and she will be missed.

-Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

But I will remember you forever!
You fought the good fight!
:patriot:

She was a great lady, and it's too bad the Democratic Party didn't measure up to her courage.

We were so lucky, and are so grateful, you were in our corner. God speed to you... :cry:

What a strong, courageous leader she was.

:cry:

Just got home from work....I am sooooo sorry to hear this. God speed to a wonderful, just wonderful human being. :cry:

She was a fine person, and truly honorable politician.

A sad day for our country.

We might be different shades, but I would have been proud to have her as my sister. So many good things about her that paralleled mine. Logic, smarts, calling a spade, a spade. She was so right about so many things. What an amazing woman.

Rest in peace, lady. You did good.

Such a loss.... She was only 58.

I just wish she had longer with us to help with the great cause of saving our country from the criminals that are in power.

Peace be with her family. :cry:

for everything you did for the nation!

i can't believe this.

Condolences to her family and friends and constituents.

Prayers to her family and friends

She was politically courageous at a time when such a thing was almost unheard of. Thank you, Stephanie Tubbs Jones. You will always be remembered.

Always a voice of conscience in Congress. Always put the Constitution first. Always sharp and on the ball.

I actually thought she was going to pull through there for a minute. :cry:

What a classy lady. :patriot:

She was one of the few with the courage and conviction to "tell it like it is".

RIP Rep. Tubbs
:cry:

who feared nothing. Condolences to all who loved her. :cry:

and on certain committees, my deepest sympathy to her family.

You were a woman of courage and great integrity and you will be missed.

My deepest and sincerest thoughts, prayers, sympathies and condolences are also extended to her family, friends and political colleagues

When he did my favorite "Get to Know A Congressional District" interview with her.

rocknation

Very sad news. Very sad...	OhioBlues	Aug-20-08 07:29 PM	#1
It seems like nothing's going right for Ohio these days.	Finnfan	Aug-20-08 08:21 PM	#43
RIP, Rep.Tubbs Jones	brentspeak	Aug-20-08 07:30 PM	#2
God bless her. She was one of a kind! A true leader!	freelancer3072	Aug-20-08 07:31 PM	#3
Welcome to DU. Very sad. Glad you're here, though.	calimary	Aug-20-08 07:42 PM	#21
Very sad indeed. We need more leaders like her. eom	freelancer3072	Aug-20-08 09:06 PM	#64
RIP, Stephanie Tubbs Jones	maddezmom	Aug-20-08 07:31 PM	#4
blessings on her and her family	UpInArms	Aug-20-08 07:31 PM	#5
Check out this hateful post at www.chron.com	Perragrande	Aug-20-08 07:32 PM	#6
May she rest in peace.	SCRUBDASHRUB	Aug-20-08 07:37 PM	#12
he's probably disappointed	musette_sf	Aug-20-08 07:56 PM	#29
What a piece of crap that person is.	Maestro	Aug-20-08 10:56 PM	#92
statement of family, hospital	goodhue	Aug-20-08 07:33 PM	#7
She donated her organs. Right until the end she walked the walk...	debbierlus	Aug-20-08 07:51 PM	#28
And what a great heart she had to give. RIP, classy lady. n/t	tpsbmam	Aug-20-08 08:24 PM	#44
What a beautiful way to say it!	polmaven	Aug-21-08 09:58 AM	#117
Wow. I was born at Huron Hospital......	llmart	Aug-20-08 08:27 PM	#47
Too young, gone too soon. RIP Stephanie and thank you nt	Bluebear	Aug-20-08 07:33 PM	#8
"You can not certify what you can not verify" .... S. T. Jones Jan. 2005	Botany	Aug-20-08 07:34 PM	#9
You can not certify what you can not verify" .... S. T. Jones Jan. 2005	tannybogus	Aug-20-08 08:45 PM	#53
Thanks for reminding me of that	ladym55	Aug-20-08 08:49 PM	#56
Peace and G-ds Blessings to your Family, and your soul.	trthnd4jstc	Aug-20-08 07:37 PM	#10
I'm still in shock... we've lost a powerful ally. nt	quiet.american	Aug-20-08 07:37 PM	#11
Sad....	SoFlaJet	Aug-20-08 07:38 PM	#13
RIP. What sad news.	LeftishBrit	Aug-20-08 07:38 PM	#14
Such sad news.	No Surrender	Aug-20-08 07:38 PM	#15
ALERT: Cleveland Clinic: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has died	ProgressiveVoter	Aug-20-08 07:38 PM	#16
RIP Stephanie and thank you for making history. (n/t)	undergroundrailroad	Aug-20-08 07:39 PM	#17
I always liked her. She was a fighter, and we need more of that.	bluestateguy	Aug-20-08 07:39 PM	#18
Same age as Tim Russert	izquierdista	Aug-20-08 07:41 PM	#19
Why? Why do the heroes have to die when the villains live on?	Taverner	Aug-20-08 07:42 PM	#20
Don't forget....	tannybogus	Aug-20-08 08:48 PM	#55
Ivins Tubbs-Jones Richards Jordan -- to all i say...	peanut	Aug-20-08 11:26 PM	#97
God is just testing us	StopThePendulum	Aug-20-08 09:07 PM	#66
Oh there is no god, just our lizard brain vs our upper conscioiusness	Taverner	Aug-20-08 11:38 PM	#99
So true, Tavener. Rest in peace, Stephanie. You are one of the greats.	sofedupwithbush	Aug-21-08 12:05 AM	#103
RIP	DarthDem	Aug-20-08 07:44 PM	#22
It's for real this time. Today has been such a roller coaster with this.	SpookyCat	Aug-20-08 07:45 PM	#23
: (	Zhade	Aug-20-08 07:46 PM	#24
May she rest in peace.	ColesCountyDem	Aug-20-08 07:46 PM	#25
Rest in peace	Joanne98	Aug-20-08 07:47 PM	#26
May there be a beautiful heaven for the woman who shone as light on earth	debbierlus	Aug-20-08 07:50 PM	#27
Beautifully stated, debbierlus...	Cooley Hurd	Aug-20-08 07:58 PM	#31
Oh no....	KT2000	Aug-20-08 07:57 PM	#30
I'm unfamiliar with her work, but I'm sure it was a life well lived. RIP.	nothingtoofear	Aug-20-08 07:59 PM	#32
Rest in peace.	shaniqua6392	Aug-20-08 08:05 PM	#33
Sad news.	LWolf	Aug-20-08 08:06 PM	#34
damn	mikelgb	Aug-20-08 08:10 PM	#35
I'm heartbroken. RIP Stephanie -- you made this world a much better place.	progressivebydesign	Aug-20-08 08:12 PM	#36
RIP Rep Stephanie Tubbs	BadGimp	Aug-20-08 08:13 PM	#37
I'm so heartbroken	CatWoman	Aug-20-08 08:13 PM	#38
An honorable woman has passed	wellstone dem	Aug-20-08 08:14 PM	#39
Thats too bad	Anexio	Aug-20-08 08:15 PM	#40
too sad.... but she leaves a legacy and an example to follow	happygoluckytoyou	Aug-20-08 08:18 PM	#41
i am heartbroken.	orleans	Aug-20-08 08:20 PM	#42
How very sad for our country and her family	michele77	Aug-20-08 08:25 PM	#45
Rest In Peace, Gentlelady	madmax	Aug-20-08 08:27 PM	#46
My God... This is a sad day.	Stand and Fight	Aug-20-08 08:28 PM	#48
RIP. A good Democrat.	wienerdoggie	Aug-20-08 08:30 PM	#49
Damn	quakerboy	Aug-20-08 08:35 PM	#50
So very sad.	northofdenali	Aug-20-08 08:39 PM	#51
Damn damn damn!!!	Sydnie	Aug-20-08 08:40 PM	#52
Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?	Botany	Aug-20-08 09:02 PM	#61
Such a gracious lady, may she rest in peace. My thoughts are	yy4me	Aug-20-08 08:47 PM	#54
hugs and prayers to you and her family as well	Journalgrrl	Aug-20-08 09:13 PM	#68
Rip and condolences to the family.	superconnected	Aug-20-08 08:54 PM	#57
RIP	underpants	Aug-20-08 08:55 PM	#58
very sorry to hear this, may she rest in peace EOM	pitohui	Aug-20-08 08:57 PM	#59
God bless and keep you, Stephanie Tubbs- Jones.	stlsaxman	Aug-20-08 09:00 PM	#60
Rest in peace to a true patriot.	Starbucks Anarchist	Aug-20-08 09:04 PM	#62
A sad loss for the country	psychopomp	Aug-20-08 09:05 PM	#63
Devasting...	kdmorris	Aug-20-08 09:07 PM	#65
RIP.	Gormy Cuss	Aug-20-08 09:09 PM	#67
this is sooooo sad. She was a warrior for the good of mankind. may she rest in peace	chiffon	Aug-20-08 09:18 PM	#69
So sad	DesertRat	Aug-20-08 09:19 PM	#70
By the Goddess Write Your Name On the Wind, Rep. Tubbs-Jones	AnnieBW	Aug-20-08 09:20 PM	#71
Such a major loss, both for Ohio and the rest of the nation.	King Sandbox	Aug-20-08 09:27 PM	#72
RIP God Bless	democracy1st	Aug-20-08 09:29 PM	#73
I used to believe in forever . . . but forever was too good to be true.	tannybogus	Aug-20-08 09:32 PM	#74
Very sad news	Lydia Leftcoast	Aug-20-08 09:45 PM	#75
RIP Stephanie Tubbs Jones...	sueh	Aug-20-08 09:50 PM	#76
And I think we should give a thank you to the policemen who were able to	higher class	Aug-20-08 09:51 PM	#77
R.I.P., Stephanie	tilsammans	Aug-20-08 09:53 PM	#78
I share the grief -- and especially that we are always losing good people . . .!!!	defendandprotect	Aug-20-08 09:55 PM	#79
RIP A strong voice that will be missed.	ncteechur	Aug-20-08 09:55 PM	#80
OMG	Highway61	Aug-20-08 10:06 PM	#81
Sadness, but a well lived life	Synnical	Aug-20-08 10:08 PM	#82
This is very sad.	whereismyparty	Aug-20-08 10:15 PM	#83
I feel terrible.	orbitalman	Aug-20-08 10:19 PM	#84
Horrible	snailly	Aug-20-08 10:21 PM	#85
RIP Rep. Tubbs Jones n/t	OhioChick	Aug-20-08 10:25 PM	#86
We've lost such a great advocate and overall fantastic person.	GOPNotForMe	Aug-20-08 10:25 PM	#87
I liked her so much -- I'm so sorry.	8_year_nightmare	Aug-20-08 10:29 PM	#88
At least she did not have a lingering death. We all must go.	Lint Head	Aug-20-08 10:40 PM	#89
RIP. A true champion of the people. She can never be replaced.	saracat	Aug-20-08 10:43 PM	#90
A courageous woman ..... eom.	aaronbees	Aug-20-08 10:43 PM	#91
TY, Judge Jones	themartyred	Aug-20-08 11:01 PM	#93
Thoughts and well wishes to the family	skyounkin	Aug-20-08 11:02 PM	#94
This is tragic.	BrklynLiberal	Aug-20-08 11:12 PM	#95
R.I.P.	Robeson	Aug-20-08 11:12 PM	#96
i'm going to miss her	JI7	Aug-20-08 11:29 PM	#98
What a gutsy women. She will be greatly missed.	midnight	Aug-20-08 11:45 PM	#100
A sad day and a big loss for everyone.	dailykoff	Aug-20-08 11:54 PM	#101
No words...	chatnoir	Aug-21-08 12:00 AM	#102
RIP Rep. Jones	ellie	Aug-21-08 12:06 AM	#104
So sad	trocar	Aug-21-08 12:09 AM	#105
She stood up when even other Dems would not	senseandsensibility	Aug-21-08 12:28 AM	#106
.	Wilms	Aug-21-08 12:28 AM	#107
I got a few e-mails from her...	MonteLukast	Aug-21-08 01:37 AM	#108
Very sad news today.	fortyfeetunder	Aug-21-08 01:37 AM	#109
RIP	SalmonChantedEvening	Aug-21-08 07:03 AM	#110
Very sad. She was a great woman and legislator. nt	Vinca	Aug-21-08 07:42 AM	#111
RIP to a true American patriot	Mad_Dem_X	Aug-21-08 08:02 AM	#112
RIP Dear Lady! Thank You for your efforts for us all.	8643	Aug-21-08 09:14 AM	#113
RIP Sister - You were a true American.	DUlover2909	Aug-21-08 09:15 AM	#114
She was a brave, beautiful woman	yellerpup	Aug-21-08 09:31 AM	#115
very sad news, I will miss seeing her on the floor of the House.	alyce douglas	Aug-21-08 09:31 AM	#116
Thank you for your courage and service, US Rep. Tubbs Jones. nt	swimmernsecretsea	Aug-21-08 01:52 PM	#118
RIP Rep Tubbs Jones... nt	TheGoldenRule	Aug-21-08 05:55 PM	#119
Rest in peace Stephanie Tubbs Jones	socialdemocrat1981	Aug-21-08 11:32 PM	#120
I met Ms. Tubbs through the Colbert Report	rocknation	Aug-24-08 01:54 PM	#121