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hrmjustin

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Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:41 PM Dec 2014

Herman Badillo, first Puerto Rico-born U.S. congressman, dies at 85

CELESTE KATZ

Herman Badillo, the nation’s first Puerto Rico-born congressman and a four-time candidate for mayor, has died. He was 85.

The pioneering Badillo, who represented the South Bronx in the House from 1971 to 1977, also served as Bronx borough president and ran for mayor as both a Democrat and later as a Republican.

Badillo died at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell of complications of congestive heart failure, according to a spokesman, George Arzt.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/rep-herman-badillo-dead-85-blog-entry-1.2031891

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Herman Badillo, first Puerto Rico-born U.S. congressman, dies at 85 (Original Post) hrmjustin Dec 2014 OP
Rest in peace shenmue Dec 2014 #1
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