Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who served decades in Congress, passed away at age 88, his office announced late March 18. Young died while traveling from Washington to Alaska with his wife Anne, the congressman’s office said. Young “passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be with the state and people that he loved,” the office said in a statement. Young’s cause of death has not been made public. The longtime congressman was flying from Los Angeles to Seattle when he could not be resuscitated, Jack Ferguson, his former chief of staff, told the Alaska Daily News. “Everyone’s learning about it right at the moment. The phone’s ringing off the hook,” Ferguson said. “I’m sad to lose such a good friend, and a person that I’ve known all his political career.” Young, born on June 9, 1933, had served the longest continuous term among the current members of Congress …
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