Florida Rep. Bill Young, the longest-serving Republican in Congress, has died at the age of 82. A handful of news outlets had mistakenly reported Young’s death yesterday before correcting themselves, describing him instead as “gravely ill.”
Young, who represented Florida’s 13th congressional district, was elected to Congress in 1971.
A very sad night on Capitol Hill, losing respected members like Tom Foley and Bill Young.
— Steven Shepard (@POLITICO_Steve) October 18, 2013
Family of Rep. Bill Young (R-FL), longest-tenured House GOPer died at 6:50 pm et at Walter Reed. Complications from a chronic injury.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 18, 2013
Rep. Bill Young (R-FL) was 82. Was tied with Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) as the 3rd longest-tenured member in the House.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 18, 2013
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) – Florida US Rep. Bill Young dies at 82; Tampa Bay Republican had served 43 years in Congress.
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) October 18, 2013
Per a stmt from the Young family: "U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young (FL) passed away this evening…in the company of his family"
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 18, 2013
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Bill Young was a mentor. He was an inspiration to so many bc he personified the most important virtue of public service-he did it for others
— Rep. Vern Buchanan (@VernBuchanan) October 18, 2013
RIP to my colleague Rep. Bill Young. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and the Floridians he represented in Congress for decades.
— Rep. Dan Kildee (@RepDanKildee) October 18, 2013
Sad to hear of Rep. Young's passing. My thoughts are prayers are with his family.
— Dr. Phil Roe (@DrPhilRoe) October 18, 2013
Saddened to hear of passing of my friend and colleague, Bill Young. He will be deeply missed http://t.co/LnxmkwClAV
— Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (@RosLehtinen) October 19, 2013
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.