Former Oakland Mayor, Congressman Ron Dellums dies [View all]
Source: Mercury News
OAKLAND — Ron Dellums, a former Oakland mayor who also served nearly three decades in the U.S. Congress, has died. He was 82.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) confirmed Dellums’ death Monday morning. He died Sunday after a battle with prostate cancer.
“It is with deep sadness that I can confirm the passing of a great warrior and statesman, Congressman Ron Dellums,” Lee said in a statement. “The contributions that Congressman Dellums made to our East Bay community, the nation and the world are too innumerable to count.”
Dellums served as Oakland’s 48th mayor from 2007-11, a term that started with high hopes but ended with his term characterized more by his absence from public view and his prickly attacks on the media.
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