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Carolyn McCarthy, lawmaker who fought for gun control, dies

Washington Examiner on MSN · 1h

Gun control advocate and former New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy dead at 81

Longtime former Democratic New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy died Thursday at her home in Fort Myers, Florida. She was 81. No cause of death was given, though she had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013.

The Washington Post on MSN · 7h

Carolyn McCarthy, lawmaker who fought for gun control, dies at 81

Ms. McCarthy’s political career began with tragedy in December 1993, when her husband was among six people killed in a shooting on a Long Island commuter train.

CNN on MSN · 7h

Carolyn McCarthy, gun control crusader and former congresswoman, dies at 81

Former US Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son severely wounded,

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LIRR mass shooting in 1993 led to launch of Carolyn McCarthy's political career, after husband's death and son's severe injury on train

That evening, as a Long Island Rail Road train slowed into the Merillon Avenue station in Garden City, a 35-year-old gunman ...

Raw Story on MSN7h

'She will be deeply missed': Tributes pour in after ex-congresswoman dies at 81

Tributes poured in for former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), an outspoken advocate for gun control, who died Thursday at 81.

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