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Former House Speaker Jim Wright dies at age 92
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer House Speaker Jim Wright, the longtime Texas Democrat who became the first speaker in history to be driven out of office in midterm, has died. He was 92.
Wright, who had been living in a nursing home in Fort Worth, died early Wednesday morning, according to the Harveson and Cole funeral home in Fort Worth. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Wright helped President Jimmy Carter fashion the 1978 Camp David agreement that led to peace between Israel and Egypt.
In his long House career, Wright was the author of major legislation in several fields but was most proud of his efforts on behalf of a “pay-as-we-go” interstate highway system and water conservation.
— AP
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