First Black Republican congresswoman honored in Utah memorial service
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6WF7A)
Mourners gather for former lawmaker and daughter of Haitian immigrants, Mia Love, who died aged 49
Family and friends of the former US congresswoman Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month aged 49.
The former lawmaker from Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants, had undergone treatment for an aggressive brain tumor called glioblastoma and received immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial. She died on 23 March at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, weeks after her daughter announced she was no longer responding to treatment.
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