Very sad news on the passing of Buffalo Bills great, Jack Kemp. He was a good man and a powerful voice for freedom and conservatism. He will be missed not only in New York, but across this country.
~~John Cronin~~
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090503/D97UKOP81.html
By MATT APUZZO and CAROLYN THOMPSON
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jack Kemp, the former pro quarterback who turned fame on the gridiron into a career in national politics and a crusade for lower taxes, has died of cancer at age 73.
Family spokeswoman Marci Robinson said Kemp died shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, surrounded by his family. Kemp died at his home in Bethesda, Md., in the Washington suburbs, friends said.
Kemp's office announced in January that he had been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer. By then, however, the cancer was in an advanced stage and had spread to several organs, former campaign adviser Edwin J. Feulner said. He did not know the origin of the cancer.
Kemp, a former quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, represented western New York for nine terms in Congress, leaving the House for an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988.
Here's a great line by Mr. Kemp.
"Pro football gave me a good perspective," he was quoted as saying. "When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy."
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