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<b>Elizabeth Edwards</b><b>Richard Holbrooke </b><b>Ted Stevens</b><b>Theodore C. Sorensen </b><b>Robert Byrd </b><b>Nestor Kirchner</b><b>Alexander M. Haig</b><b>Lech Kaczynski</b><b>Walter H. Shorenstein</b><b>Dan Rostenkowski </b><b>Charlie Wilson</b><b>James J. Kilpatrick </b><b>Stewart L. Udall</b><b>John Murtha</b><b>Anna Walentynowicz</b>

Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, the year her husband ran for vice president with John F. Kerry. The couple's marriage unraveled years later when it was revealed that John Edwards was having an affair with a campaign videographer. She was 61. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-elizabeth-edwards-20101207,0,2175436.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, the year her husband ran for vice president with John F. Kerry. The couple's marriage unraveled years later when it was revealed that John Edwards was having an affair with a campaign videographer. She was 61. Full obituary

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