FOXNews.com: Longtime Texas US Rep. Jack Brooks reportedly dead at 89

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Longtime Texas US Rep. Jack Brooks reportedly dead at 89 Dec 5th 2012, 07:18 Published December 05, 2012 FoxNews.com US Representative of Texas Jack Brooks in 1994.AP Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as US President in cabin of Air Force One after John F. Kennedy assassination, with Jacqueline Kennedy (r), oath administered by Judge Sarah Hughes (l), with Jack Valenti, Rep. Albert Thomas, Mrs. Johnson and Rep. Jack Brooks (l -r).AP Next Slide Previous Slide Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died, the Associated Press reports. He was 89.  Calls to confirm his death by Fox News were not returned as of early Wednesday.  Brooks was among the last links to an era when Democrats dominated Texas politics and was the last of "Mr. Sam's Boys," proteges of fellow Texan and legendary 21-year Democratic House Speaker Sam Rayburn in the state's congressional delegation. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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