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Pepper dies. Capitol to Lie In State for Esteemed Florida Democrat
Rep Claude Pepper, 88, longtime champion of the elderly and poor, dies at Walter Reed. House Speaker Jim Wright announces a resolution to lie Pepper in state in the Capitol Rotunda as tribute to a half century in public service. Pepper rose from Alabama poverty to Alabama and Harvard law, helped shape Social Security, minimum wage, and medical aid programs, and was the oldest House member. He dies after hospitalization for cancer.
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