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Dana Rohrabacher: I lost two people who were very dear to me this last week, and one was my brother, who passed away Thursday morning, and…

On the recordApril 23, 2007
I lost two people who were very dear to me this last week, and one was my brother, who passed away Thursday morning, and Juanita, who just passed away on Sunday. It is really an amazing thing as I have thought about this, just about how similar these two people were, because my brother was very, very active in politics, but he was really non-ideological. He was someone who had a very good heart and was a very generous person, was always looking forward trying to help people get something done. Does that remind of you anybody else? That was Juanita. I mean, there wasn't an ornery bone in her body. And in politics, you know, we get kicked around and beat up a lot and people lie to us, and people say bad things about us, and I never saw Juanita ever get mean or vengeful at all towards anybody. And we used to travel back and forth in the airplane. I see some of my friends here who traveled on that same flight. And it was always such a joy to be with her and to spend 4 and 5 hours at a time going across the country. And you can't say that about everybody. Who else do you want to spend 4 or 5 hours with? She was a wonderful person. She had a wonderful heart. And my brother wasn't as successful as Juanita. When he passed away, he really didn't have a lot of professional success.
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Reflecting on the recent deaths of his brother and a friend, Juanita.

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