Geraldine Ferraro Dies At 75 , former congressman and vice presidential candidate, has died, according to a statement of the family. He had 75 In 1984, Ferrer was a woman candidate for vice president of a major political party of the United States when he ran with Democrat Walter Mondale.Geraldine Ferraro Dies At 75
A resident of New York City, Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by his family and the cause of death was complications of multiple myeloma, a blood cancer she had fought for 12 years, according to a statement released by his Family of Boston, Massachusetts.
Geraldine Ferraro Dies At 75
"Geraldine Ferraro Zaccaro Anne has been widely recognized as a leader, a fighter for justice and a tireless advocate for those without a voice. To us, she was a woman, mother, grandmother and aunt, a woman devoted to and deeply loved by his family, "said the family statement. "His courage and generosity throughout his life to fighting battles, large and small, public and personal, will never be forgotten and greatly missed."
Geraldine Ferraro, at least 75 dead Declaration family she described as "the first Italian-American to run on the big ticket national party."Mondale-Ferraro ticket lost by a landslide in 1984 for holders of Republican President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George HW Bush. In what became the second of two terms of Ronald Reagan in the White House, the Reagan-Bush ticket won the popular vote from 58.8% to 40% and almost swept the electoral votes, 525 to 13.
In 1988, Bush was elected president 41 of the United States.
On Saturday, he and his wife, Barbara, made a statement that "the deepest sympathy and love for the family of Gerry."
