Rest in Peace, Mr. Dellums
 

"Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 29, 2018) was an American politician who served as Oakland's forty-eighth (and third African-American) mayor. From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Northern California's 9th Congressional District, after which he worked as a lobbyist in Washington D.C.
Dellums was born into a family of labor organizers, and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps before serving on the Berkeley, California, City Council. Dellums was the first African American elected to Congress from Northern California and the first openly so************************t successful non-incumbent Congressional candidate since World War II.[2] His politics earned him a place on President Nixon's enemies list." Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Dellums

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/o...-article-click

A true gentleman, condolences to his family and many friends.