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Article: Hawaii Rep. Patsy Mink dies at 74 after battle with viral pneumonia, office says
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- September 29, 2002
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Dateline: HONOLULU
Hawaii Rep. Patsy Mink, who had been hospitalized for nearly a month
with viral pneumonia, died Saturday, her office said. She was 74.
Mink died at Straub Clinic and Hospital, where she had been treated
since Aug. 30 for viral pneumonia stemming from chickenpox, according
to a statement from her Washington office.
The Democrat had been a member of the House for 24 years over two
different stretches. She won re-election two years ago by a nearly
two-to-one margin, and had been considered a sure winner in the Nov.
5 general election.
Mink's spokesman, Andy Winer, had issued a statement Friday saying
the congresswoman's "prospects for a recovery ...