Former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt of Massachusetts has died at age 82

Former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt of Massachusetts has died at age 82

Former longtime Massachusetts congressman and district attorney William Delahunt, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obam’s agenda, has died following an illness. He died Saturday, at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 82 following a long-term illness, news reports said.

Longtime U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda, has died following a long-term illness, his family announced.

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