US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage

[WillyT]

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-hNQA0uwlyPQD92MA7LO0

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Sigh...

[LaurenG]

1. Very sad news. Very sad...

:cry:

[Pale Blue Dot]

43. It seems like nothing's going right for Ohio these days.

:cry:

[brentspeak]

2. RIP, Rep.Tubbs Jones

[freelancer3072]

3. God bless her. She was one of a kind! A true leader!

She will most definitely be missed!

[calimary]

21. Welcome to DU. Very sad. Glad you're here, though.

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

[freelancer3072]

64. Very sad indeed. We need more leaders like her. eom

[maddezmom]

4. RIP, Stephanie Tubbs Jones

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

[UpInArms]

5. blessings on her and her family

we have all lost a champion

:cry:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. Check out this hateful post at www.chron.com

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:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

12. May she rest in peace.

I really liked her. She had a great spirit.

[musette_sf]

29. he's probably disappointed

that it wasn't Sheila Jackson Lee instead.

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

[Maestro]

92. What a piece of crap that person is.

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

[goodhue]

7. statement of family, hospital

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/08/family_hospital_confirm_congre_2.html

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."

[debbierlus]

28. She donated her organs. Right until the end she walked the walk...

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

[tpsbmam]

44. And what a great heart she had to give. RIP, classy lady. n/t

[polmaven]

117. What a beautiful way to say it!

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

Farewell, Congresswoman, and Godspeed.

[llmart]

47. Wow. I was born at Huron Hospital......

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.

[Bluebear]

8. Too young, gone too soon. RIP Stephanie and thank you nt

[Botany]

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

"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

[tannybogus]

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

Not a bad epitaph!:cry:

[ladym55]

56. Thanks for reminding me of that

I always admired her courage and her energy.

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

[trthnd4jstc]

10. Peace and G-ds Blessings to your Family, and your soul.

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.

[quiet.american]

11. I'm still in shock... we've lost a powerful ally. nt

[SoFlaJet]

13. Sad....

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

[LeftishBrit]

14. RIP. What sad news.

[City Lights]

15. Such sad news.

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

[ProgressiveVoter]

16. ALERT: Cleveland Clinic: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has died

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?storyid=94996&catid=5

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Very, very sad.

[undergroundrailroad]

17. RIP Stephanie and thank you for making history. (n/t)

[bluestateguy]

18. I always liked her. She was a fighter, and we need more of that.

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.

[izquierdista]

19. Same age as Tim Russert

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.

[Taverner]

20. Why? Why do the heroes have to die when the villains live on?

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.

[tannybogus]

55. Don't forget....

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)

[peanut]

97. Ivins Tubbs-Jones Richards Jordan -- to all i say...

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

[meow2u3]

66. God is just testing us

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...

[Taverner]

99. Oh there is no god, just our lizard brain vs our upper conscioiusness

Sometimes lizard wins (Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot)

Sometimes Upper Consciousness wins (Sagan, Lincoln, Kennedy)

[Stardust]

103. So true, Tavener. Rest in peace, Stephanie. You are one of the greats.

[DarthDem]

22. RIP

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.

[SpookyCat]

23. It's for real this time. Today has been such a roller coaster with this.

Sad news. :(

Edited to fix stupid spelling error...

[Zhade]

24. : (

A great loss. : (

[ColesCountyDem]

25. May she rest in peace.

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

:cry:

[Joanne98]

26. Rest in peace

[debbierlus]

27. May there be a beautiful heaven for the woman who shone as light on earth

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

I will miss her. This is a great loss.

[Cooley Hurd]

31. Beautifully stated, debbierlus...

:cry:

God rest her lovely soul.:cry:

[KT2000]

30. Oh no....

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.

[Fearless]

32. I'm unfamiliar with her work, but I'm sure it was a life well lived. RIP.

:patriot:

[shaniqua6392]

33. Rest in peace.

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

[LWolf]

34. Sad news.

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

:(

[mikelgb]

35. damn

[progressivebydesign]

36. I'm heartbroken. RIP Stephanie -- you made this world a much better place.

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

[BadGimp]

37. RIP Rep Stephanie Tubbs

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

[CatWoman]

38. I'm so heartbroken

I thought she was going to make it :cry:

[wellstone dem]

39. An honorable woman has passed

Let us all stand quietly in her memory.

[Anexio]

40. Thats too bad

My sympathies to the family.

[happygoluckytoyou]

41. too sad.... but she leaves a legacy and an example to follow

[orleans]

42. i am heartbroken.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[a la izquierda]

45. How very sad for our country and her family

My condolences :cry:

[madmax]

46. Rest In Peace, Gentlelady

Classy lady with guts and conviction. :cry:

[Stand and Fight]

48. My God... This is a sad day.

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...

[TwilightGardener]

49. RIP. A good Democrat.

[quakerboy]

50. Damn

[northofdenali]

51. So very sad.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=DU

Keep her light shining.

From another DU'er, a moment of silence: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3828957

[Sydnie]

52. Damn damn damn!!!

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:

[Botany]

61. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?

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.

[yy4me]

54. Such a gracious lady, may she rest in peace. My thoughts are

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.

[FirstLight]

68. hugs and prayers to you and her family as well

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:

[superconnected]

57. Rip and condolences to the family.

:cry:

[underpants]

58. RIP

:cry:

[pitohui]

59. very sorry to hear this, may she rest in peace EOM

.

[stlsaxman]

60. God bless and keep you, Stephanie Tubbs- Jones.

though you will be sorely missed, rest in peace.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

62. Rest in peace to a true patriot.

:patriot:

[psychopomp]

63. A sad loss for the country

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

[kdmorris]

65. Devasting...

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

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

[Gormy Cuss]

67. RIP.

She was one of the best members of Congress.

[chiffon]

69. this is sooooo sad. She was a warrior for the good of mankind. may she rest in peace

[DesertRat]

70. So sad

She was terrific. RIP Stephanie.

[AnnieBW]

71. By the Goddess Write Your Name On the Wind, Rep. Tubbs-Jones

You will be missed, but not forgotten.

:cry:

[Sheets of Easter]

72. Such a major loss, both for Ohio and the rest of the nation.

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

[democracy1st]

73. RIP God Bless

[tannybogus]

74. I used to believe in forever . . . but forever was too good to be true.

-Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

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

[Lydia Leftcoast]

75. Very sad news

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

[sueh]

76. RIP Stephanie Tubbs Jones...

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

[peacetalksforall]

77. And I think we should give a thank you to the policemen who were able to

stop her car.

[tilsammans]

78. R.I.P., Stephanie

What a strong, courageous leader she was.

:cry:

[defendandprotect]

79. I share the grief -- and especially that we are always losing good people . . .!!!

[ncteechur]

80. RIP A strong voice that will be missed.

[Highway61]

81. OMG

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

[Synnical]

82. Sadness, but a well lived life

Thank you!

[FourScore]

83. This is very sad.

She was a fine person, and truly honorable politician.

A sad day for our country.

[orbitalman]

84. I feel terrible.

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.

[snailly]

85. Horrible

Rest in peace, lady. You did good.

[OhioChick]

86. RIP Rep. Tubbs Jones n/t

[GOPNotForMe]

87. We've lost such a great advocate and overall fantastic person.

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

[pacalo]

88. I liked her so much -- I'm so sorry.

:cry:

[Lint Head]

89. At least she did not have a lingering death. We all must go.

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: :dem:

[saracat]

90. RIP. A true champion of the people. She can never be replaced.

[aaronbees]

91. A courageous woman ..... eom.

[Divine Discontent]

93. TY, Judge Jones

for everything you did for the nation!

[skyounkin]

94. Thoughts and well wishes to the family

[BrklynLiberal]

95. This is tragic.

[Robeson]

96. R.I.P.

[JI7]

98. i'm going to miss her

i can't believe this.

[midnight]

100. What a gutsy women. She will be greatly missed.

[dailykoff]

101. A sad day and a big loss for everyone.

Condolences to her family and friends and constituents.

[chatnoir]

102. No words...

:cry:

[ellie]

104. RIP Rep. Jones

[trocar]

105. So sad

Prayers to her family and friends

[senseandsensibility]

106. She stood up when even other Dems would not

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.

[Wilms]

107. .

[MonteLukast]

108. I got a few e-mails from her...

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: :cry:

What a classy lady. :patriot:

[fortyfeetunder]

109. Very sad news today.

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

RIP Rep. Tubbs
:cry:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

110. RIP

:cry:

[Vinca]

111. Very sad. She was a great woman and legislator. nt

[Mad_Dem_X]

112. RIP to a true American patriot

:cry:

[Lost4words]

113. RIP Dear Lady! Thank You for your efforts for us all.

8643

[DUlover2909]

114. RIP Sister - You were a true American.

[yellerpup]

115. She was a brave, beautiful woman

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

[bdamomma]

116. very sad news, I will miss seeing her on the floor of the House.

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

[swimmernsecretsea]

118. Thank you for your courage and service, US Rep. Tubbs Jones. nt

[earth mom]

119. RIP Rep Tubbs Jones... nt

[RFKHumphreyObama]

120. Rest in peace Stephanie Tubbs Jones

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

[rocktivity]

121. I met Ms. Tubbs through the Colbert Report

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

:(
rocknation