A hospital spokeswoman said the former congressman from Texas, chronicled in the movie “Charlie Wilson's War,” died of cardiopulmonary arrest.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, New York Times
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 2:44pm
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Charles Nesbitt Wilson (June 1, 1933 – February 10, 2010) was an American politician and naval officer who was a 12-term Democratic Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district.
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Former congressman Charlie Wilson helped fund Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union. His story was told in the book and film 'Charlie Wilson's War.'
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, a Democrat who represented eastern Ohio in Washington for two terms after winning a write-in campaign, died Sunday in a Florida hospital, the Ohio Democratic Party announced. He was 70.
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Charlie Wilson, a 12-term U.S. Congressman from East Texas, was a hawkish power broker whose personal and professional escapades inspired a 2007 Tom Hanks film.
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Rep. Charlie Wilson died this week at 76. Fresh Air remembers the brash Texas Democrat, who was best known for secretly arming the Afghan mujahedeen against Soviet troops in the 1980s.
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