Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill. Lee died Friday, July 19, 2024, after battling pancreatic cancer, according to her chief of staff.
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, trailblazing Texas Democrat, dies at 74
Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, one of the longest-serving members of the Texas delegation died at the age of 74 on Friday, July 19, 2024. In June, Jackson Lee announced her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, yet she showed little indication of letting it interfere with her plans to run for a 16th term this November.
