### [2021-04-6](/feed/2021/04/6/index.md)

##### Politics of the United States
# U.S. Member of Congress for Florida and former federal judge Alcee Hastings dies of Stage 4 pancreatic cancer at age 84. 

Hastings, who had been serving his 15th term in Congress, was impeached and removed in 1989 as a federal judge before his congressional career.


### Sources:

1. [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-rep-alcee-hastings-florida-dies-84-n1263150) [Image](https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2021_14/3462414/210406-alcee-hastings-jm-0921_58aa5ef461b74a4113536d6a1095312f.nbcnews-fp-1200-630.jpg)

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