United State Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, has died on Friday at the age of 74.
Lee, a Black representative from Texas, who served in Congress for nearly three decades, revealed last month that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee,” her family said in a statement posted on social platform X.
The family described her as “a fierce champion of the people” and a “humanitarian”.
The Congressional Black Caucus paid tribute to the “titan and stalwart member of Congress” and “a fierce advocate for social and economic justice, national and homeland security, energy independence, and children and working families”.
The Former US president, Bill Clinton in a statement called her “a fearless fighter for the people” and “one of our country’s most effective leaders”.
Last year she showed up at an anti-Asian hate protest in Houston, taking several Asian children on stage to declare “Stop the Asian hate, stand for the American flag.”