Jack Kemp last fall
Jack Kemp a football Quarterback hero with the Buffalo Bills died yesterday. He announced in January 2009 that he had cancer and lost the battle. He was an innovative politician. He supported John McCain in the last election but showed great respect for Barack Obama.
His legacy will be his compassion. He will be missed. Funeral information will be available on Sunday, May3rd.
Jack French Kemp, (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and professional football player. In the 1996 election, he was Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole’s running mate for Vice President. He had previously contended for the presidential nomination in the 1988 Republican primaries. Kemp began his political career with nine terms as a Congressman for Western New York, from 1971 to 1989, and subsequently served as Housing Secretary in the George H. W. Bush administration.
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