Rep. John Lewis was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has ...

He was 80 years old. “It is with inconsolable grief and enduring sadness that we announce the passing of U.S. Rep. John Lewis,” Lewis spokeswoman Brenda Jones said in a written statement early ...

Mike Pence & Joe Biden Attend Lying in State for Rep. John Lewis at Capitol ... respects-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis-2020-7 Lewis — who died on July 17 at age 80 — became the first Black ...

The former site of a Confederate memorial in Georgia now holds a statue of the late American civil rights leader and former congressman John Lewis ... month later, Lewis died at age 80.

Longtime Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis has died after a battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Lewis was a central ...

For many Atlantans and Americans nationwide, Rep. John Lewis represented the conscience of Congress and a living link to our civil rights history. He famously said: “Do not get lost in a sea of ...