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  • First sitting US congressman, Wright, dies of COVID-19

    First sitting US congressman, Wright, dies of COVID-19

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    A Republican congressman from Texas who was being treated for Covid-19 has died, his office said Monday, the first sitting member to lose his life after battling the coronavirus. House of Representatives lawmaker Ron Wright, 67, who had also suffered from cancer in recent years, died Sunday in a Dallas hospital, where he and his…