N.Y.’s Rep. Addabbo Near Death
Rep. Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N.Y.), who has been fighting bladder cancer for six years, has slipped into a coma and is not expected to survive, his office said today.
Addabbo, 60, has been hospitalized since last week. The cancer diagnosis was revealed in a three-paragraph statement issued by Addabbo’s office today. The statement said that the 16-term Queens congressman, who collapsed at lunch March 6, suffered a seizure “brought on by the spread of cancer cells to the brain” and that the seizure caused cardiac arrest.
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