Former US politician, football star Jack Kemp dies
* Reuters, Sunday May 3 2009
WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Jack Kemp, a star football quarterback who became a congressman, Cabinet secretary and Republican vice presidential nominee, died on Saturday at age 73, according to media reports.
Kemp died of cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, The New York Times said, quoting his son, Jimmy Kemp.
He served 18 years as a congressman from Buffalo, New York, after starring with the Buffalo Bills of the old American Football League. In the House of Representatives, he championed tax cuts, free trade, economic growth and a return to the gold standard.
Kemp ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988 and was Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole's running mate in the 1996 election.
Kemp also served as secretary of housing and urban development under President George H.W. Bush. (Writing by Peter Cooney: Editing by Paul Simao)
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* Reuters, Sunday May 3 2009
WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Jack Kemp, a star football quarterback who became a congressman, Cabinet secretary and Republican vice presidential nominee, died on Saturday at age 73, according to media reports.
Kemp died of cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, The New York Times said, quoting his son, Jimmy Kemp.
He served 18 years as a congressman from Buffalo, New York, after starring with the Buffalo Bills of the old American Football League. In the House of Representatives, he championed tax cuts, free trade, economic growth and a return to the gold standard.
Kemp ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988 and was Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole's running mate in the 1996 election.
Kemp also served as secretary of housing and urban development under President George H.W. Bush. (Writing by Peter Cooney: Editing by Paul Simao)
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