Disgraced ex-congressman Donald 'Buz' Lukens dies at 79
Monday, May 24, 2010 2:53 AM
Former U.S. Rep. Donald "Buz" Lukens, who was once a rising conservative star in Ohio politics before a string of scandals abruptly ended his career, has died. He was 79.
Lukens died of cancer at a Dallas nursing home Saturday morning, said his sister, Lois Short of Springfield, Ohio.
Lukens, then from Middletown, was convicted in 1989 of paying a 16-year-old girl from Columbus for sex. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $500.
The scandal cost him the 1990 Republican primary, which he lost to then-state Rep. John Boehner, now the minority leader in the U.S. House.
Lukens resigned his seat Oct. 24, 1990, less than three months before his term was to expire, rather than face an investigation by the House ethics committee, which planned to look into allegations by a Capitol elevator operator that he fondled her.
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