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various speaking engagements. In May 2017, Cummings underwent surgery to repair his aortic valve and was out of the office for two months. He had a surgery- related infection in July 2017, but returned to his duties quite quickly. Congressman Cummings was later admitted to the hospital with a knee infection and it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with thymic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer, while serving in the Maryland House of Delegates back in 1994, he had been battling cancer
The Board of Directors of SEED Schools of Maryland and the Board of Advisors of the University of Maryland Law School are two of them. He also served on a number of Maryland boards and commissions, including the United States Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors and the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Zoo as an honorary member, and he authored a fortnightly column for the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper in addition to his number of
“His passion toward civil rights began at a young age, when he was merely 11-years old, he and several friends worked together to integrate a segregated swimming pool in South Baltimore.”
for 25 years, albeit the cause of death was not revealed. Elijah Eugene Cummings passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital on October 17, 2019, at the age of 68 from “complications with persistent health difficulties,” according to his spokesman. Cummings laid in state at the United States Capitol Building’s Statuary Hall on October 24 prior to his funeral service on October 25 at his beloved New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore, where he had been an active member for 40 years. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Joe Biden, John Lewis, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and his predecessor Kweisi Mfume (who later became his successor) were all among the notable political figures who attended this remarkable man’s funeral to pay their respects.
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