Former Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), a Harlem native who served nearly five decades in the House of Representatives, died Monday at the age of 94.
Rangel was first elected to Congress in 1970 after defeating the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. He served in Congress from 1971 to 2017, eventually becoming the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee in 2007.
Rangel was a veteran of the Korean War, earning a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
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