Breaking: John Murtha Dead After Surgery Complications

Just announced on Fox News, nothing yet on the internet. Will update with news as it becomes available. Murtha is reported dead at 77 and was last reported in stable condition after experiencing complications from gallbladder surgery.

Fox News and major news networks  report with what appears to be obituaries prepared in advance.


NPR: reports:

U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.

The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said.

Breaking News: Ted Kennedy Dead

So far I see nothing confirming this on the internet. Fox News just announced this at 1:25 AM Eastern. The report mentioned the Senator's office confirmed he passed away this evening after suffering from a battle with brain cancer. Will update as I find more.

Via Twitter- Michelle Malkin linked the following ABC report:

Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77.

The man known as the "liberal lion of the Senate" had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than his doctors expected him to.