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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Oct 22, 2013, 11:48 AM Oct 2013

Former Rep. Major Owens of Brooklyn Dies at 77

Associated Press

Major Owens, a New York City Democrat who served 12 terms in the House of Representatives, has died at age 77.

Chris Owens says his father died Monday at NYU Langone Medical Center of renal failure and heart failure.

Owens, who was from Brooklyn, served in the U.S. House from 1983 to 2007. In Congress, he helped pass the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

He began his political career in the 1960s working on anti-poverty programs in the administration of New York City Mayor John Lindsay. He was elected to the state Senate in 1974.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/rep-major-owens-brooklyn-dies-77-20645030

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Former Rep. Major Owens of Brooklyn Dies at 77 (Original Post) hrmjustin Oct 2013 OP

Wow, sorry to hear this. I met him when I graduated from Junior High school years ago. SummerSnow Oct 2013 #1

Yes he will be missed and no I did not know that Geoffrey was his son. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #2

SummerSnow

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1. Wow, sorry to hear this. I met him when I graduated from Junior High school years ago.

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Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:08 PM

Oct 2013

I use to see him in Brooklyn several times. Remember his son ? His name is Geoffrey Owens, he played Elvin , Sandra's husband on the Cosby Show

His son Goeffrey Owens on the Cosby Show

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. Yes he will be missed and no I did not know that Geoffrey was his son.

Reply to SummerSnow (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:10 PM

Oct 2013

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