Former Michigan Rep. John Conyers has passed away.

[RandySF]

Via breaking news everywhere.

[hlthe2b]

1. Damn.

RIP, Congressman.

[grantcart]

2. RIP Best wishes to his family

[scardycat]

3. Rest in peace

I loved that guy

[Iliyah]

4. RIP

[FarPoint]

5. I was just thinking about his the other day....

This breaks my heart....

[Wounded Bear]

6. Sad to hear...

[Skidmore]

7. Another good man leaves us. nt

[babylonsister]

8. Link:

https://www.axios.com/john-conyers-dies-0df24b38-e861-49e6-9ffd-43933b78693a.html

Former Rep. John Conyers dies at 90
John Conyers
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Former Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) died in his home on Sunday at age 90, Detroit Police confirmed.

The big picture: Conyers entered Congress in 1965 during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson and served the Detroit area for more than five decades, becoming the longest-serving African American member of Congress in history. He co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus in 1969 and was the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2017, before resigning from Congress amid allegations of sexual harassment.

[superpatriotman]

9. RIP

To a true American patriot

[malaise]

10. Bushco went after him for vocally opposing that illegal invasion and occupation

of Iraq.

Another good man has died but at least he had a full life.

[Gothmog]

11. May he rest in peace

[spanone]

12. ...

[irisblue]

13. May his beloveds find hearts ease🕯️

The New York Times (@nytimes) Tweeted:
Breaking News: John Conyers Jr. of Detroit, a liberal stalwart who was the longest-serving African-American in Congress, has died. He was 90. https://t.co/2IbAN2cHko

Link to tweet

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[Kaleva]

14. Rest in Peace

[Peacetrain]

15. Rest in Peace John Conyers..

[DinahMoeHum]

16. Rest in Power, John Conyers.

I first heard of him when i was a teenage at the time of Watergate when I learned he was on Nixon's "enemies list"

[smirkymonkey]

17. RIP John Conyers.

My condolences to his family.

[Siwsan]

18. I count myself as fortunate to have met him, on several occasions

He would come to Flint for various political event. I always found him to be a lovely, good humored individual who always made me feel like one of the important people, in the room, when I definitely was not.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

19. Another hero gone... condolences to family and friends.

[Garrett78]

20. May his bill calling for a study on reparations one day pass.

Oddly enough, I just Googled him earlier today.

[George II]

21. What a sad few weeks. John Conyers was a great Democratic Representative.

[BHDem53]

22. ...

[DFW]

23. My brother used to work for him several decades ago

Cross-posted from LBN:

A summer intern, he used to tell me about the "fiery JC" he worked for. Smart, quite a temper, and never boring.

By the time I met "JC," he was about 80, had already had his stroke, and was a calm, eloquent, dignified elder statesman. This was at the Denver Convention where Obama was first nominated. He was about 80, and he would take time to explain the workings of Congress to younger people and hand out his business card to 12 year olds and tell them to keep aware of the world around them, maybe themselves intern for him in 5 or 6 years.

If his hormones got the better of him in the time when my brother worked for him, there was no trace of that by the time I met him. Just a quiet, forceful, but softly spoken great intellect who seemed to know he had accomplished much, and that his time was drawing to a close.

[Hekate]

24. RIP John Conyers. Thank you for your service to this nation, and condolences to your family....

[Wiseman32218]

25. RIP John Conyers!!! You were an Inspiration to All!!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

26. R.I.P.

and condolences to his family... He and they have gone through some major internal struggles in recent years.

[underpants]

27. 🕯

[gademocrat7]

28. Rest In Peace, Congressman John Conyers.

Thank you for your dedication and service to our country.