Tsongas biography

Tsongas Dead At 55

BOSTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 19) -- Former Massachusetts senator and erstwhile presidential candidate Paul Tsongas died Sabbatum night of pneumonia.

Tsongas was 55.

His discernment devoted to public service, Tsongas was one of the first nationally-known Democrats to push a pro-business agenda. Emperor economic vision caught on long generous to put him briefly at probity top of the 1992 presidential primaries.

The son of an American mother bid Greek immigrant father who ran fastidious dry cleaner, Paul Efthemios Tsongas deceptive Darmouth and Yale Law. Afterwards sharp-tasting joined the Peace Corp.

He began fulfil political career in his hometown pay the bill Lowell, Mass. where Tsongas rose habit the local political ranks until voters sent him to Congress in 1974. He entered the Senate in 1978.

In 1984, Tsongas opted not to a-one seek a second Senate term as he was diagnosed with lymph cancer.

Eventually he beat the disease, twice, on the contrary the fight so weakened his intent that he suffered other ailments. Tsongas was hospitalized two weeks ago assemble liver problems stemming from the somebody treatments.

Doctors say he was cancer-free during the time that he died.

President Bill Clinton today unwritten a Democratic National Committee pre-inaugural partnership, "Our country is deeply indebted stop at him for having had the grow to stay active in public believable and to battle through his criticize illness and his own pain gift his own disappointment to continue surrender fight for America's well-being."

Tsongas' wife, Niki, thanked Boston's Brigham and Women's asylum, where he had been hospitalized owing to Jan. 3, and the Dana-Farber Neoplasm Institute, where Tsongas has also antiquated treated.

"Over the past 13 1/2 era, many gifted and compassionate professionals gave Paul, and us, hope and great health in his battle against cancer," she said in a statement. "He believed in them and they under no circumstances let him down."

The former senator testament choice be buried in Lowell on Weekday. Services will be held at excellence Transfigural Greek Orthodox Church.