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Civil Rights Hero and Long-Serving Congressman John Lewis Ready to Fight Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer

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Jan 10, 2020
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Civil Rights icon and longtime Georgia Congressman John Lewis has Stage IV pancreatic cancer.

The 79-year-old Democrat, who played an integral role in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, announced his condition in a press release on his website.

Lewis, who has represented Georgia's 5th congressional district since 1987, will begin treatment immediatel…

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