Civil Rights Icon And Congressman John R. Lewis Is Dead

Simon Ateba( Chief White House Correspondent )

Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.

African American civil rights icon and Congressman John R. Lewis is dead. He passed away on Friday at the age of 80. He had been suffering from Stage IV pancreatic cancer since December.

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