The Detroit News is reporting that John Dingell, the longest-serving member of the House (D-MI), has died, at age 92.
Michigan Democrat John Dingell, the longest-serving member ever of Congress . . . died Thursday, his wife said. He was 92.
The Dearborn statesman was a champion of the auto industry and was credited with increasing access to health care, among other accomplishments. Dingell helped write most of America's major environmental and energy laws.
There was a warning earlier in the week, as his wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell, went home from DC to be with him.
Dingell himself (a prolific and clever tweeter) managed to tweet this out yesterday:
Another giant, gone to his well-earned rest.