Alcee Hastings, longtime Florida Democratic House member, dies at 84

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Alcee Hastings, an impeached federal judge who went on to be a Florida congressman for 28 years, died Tuesday at age 84 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

The Fort Lauderdale-area Democrat and civil rights trailblazer’s career had been marked by high-profile highs and lows.

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