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- June 12, 1989: Died:Claude Pepper
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- June 12, 1989 Massacre In Beijing
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 73
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- <p> DIED. Claude Pepper, 88, venerable, venerated Democratic
- Congressman from Florida's 18th District; in Washington.
- Nicknamed "Red Pepper" for both his gingery hair and his liberal
- political views, the lively New Dealer rebounded from the 1950
- loss of his Senate seat to return to Congress in 1963 as an
- ardent champion of the nation's elderly. As chairman of the
- House Select Committee on Aging, he pushed for expanded Social
- Security and Medicare benefits, fought for tougher crime laws
- in senior citizens' housing, and sponsored a bill raising
- mandatory retirement based on age. President and Mrs. Bush
- visited Pepper five days before he died to give him the Medal
- of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. His colleagues
- in Congress ruled that he should lie in state in the Capitol
- Rotunda. He is the 27th American to be so honored.
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