Embattled Rep. John Murtha dead at 77

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Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., died this afternoon, media outlets are reporting.

Murtha died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., after suffering complications that followed gallbladder surgery. He was 77.

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