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Former MA congressman Joseph Early has died

Updated: Friday, 09 Nov 2012, 1:17 PM EST
Published : Friday, 09 Nov 2012, 1:17 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) - Joseph Early Sr., a former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, has died. He was 79.

Early, a Democrat from Worcester who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993, died Friday at his home in Worcester.

His death was confirmed by Tim Connolly, a spokesman for Early's son, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.

Before being elected to Congress, the elder Early was a state representative from 1963 to 1974.

Early lost his seat in the U.S. House in 1992 to Peter Blute, a Republican from Shrewsbury, after a House banking scandal. Early was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.

Former MA congressman Joseph Early has died

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