Long Time Senator Arlen Specter Passed Away
By: Mike Holden
Updated: October 14, 2012
10/14/12 - Specter confirmed in August that he had been battling cancer, the latest of multiple bouts with the disease. He underwent chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease in 2005 and again in 2008.
Arlen Specter represented a different breed of Republicanism...He switched to the Democratic party near the end of his career.
Specter died of complications from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at his home in Philadelphia today. He had been plagued with a series of health issues over the past twenty years.
He started his career as a member of the warren commission which investigated president John Kennedy's assassination.
Specter was elected to the senate in 1980 and represented Pennsylvania for 30 years, longer than anyone in the state's history.
He was often referred to as "one of the true wild cards..." because he had changed political parties so late in the game.
Comments
Even tho, Senator Arlen Specter, had that cancer, he did have a great life!! He did things his way and got a lot accomplished thru-out his life, even choosing to be a Democrat after all those years Republican! Our Sincere Condolences to his Family and Friends! He must have been a real [censored] to live with, and life with him couldn't have ever been dull..Thank for all of those years with us,Senator Arlen Specter!
Micheline M.
October 15, 2012 at 11:55 am
