ARLINGTON, Texas - A North Texas congressman who had been battling lung cancer died after also contracting COVID-19.Republican U.S.
Rep. Ron Wright represented District 6, which includes southeast Tarrant, Ellis and Navarro counties.He battled lung cancer last fall and FOX confirmed he tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago.
A spokesman said he died Sunday with his wife, Susan, by his side."Over the past few years, Congressman Wright had kept a rigorous work schedule on the floor of the U.S.
House of Representatives and at home in Texas’ Congressional District 6 while being treated for cancer. For the previous two weeks, Ron and Susan had been admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas after contracting COVID-19," a spokesman said in a.