U.S. Representative Mark Takai Dies at 49

[sentinelsoul]

U.S. Congressman Mark Takai, who served as the representative for Hawaii's first district, has died, NBC News has confirmed.

Takai, 49, announced in May he would not seek re-election after recently learning that his pancreatic cancer has spread. Takai had planned to serve the rest of his term, which would have ended in January 2017.

Comments

[chaya]

We have a deaths tag, and we might have an illness tag.

[sentinelsoul]

I didn't see an illness tag, but I added the deaths tag. Thanks. I'm sorry about the formatting not being great, I just wasn't able to get to work right. =/

[natyanayaki]

He's so young :(

[sentinelsoul]

He really was. =(

[eveofrevolution]

[sentinelsoul]

Sure thing, sorry about that!

[londonsquare]

He was so young. I don't know what his platform was in Hawaii, but he seemed like a really genuine guy.

Pancreatic cancer can diaf. I had a friend in his 60s who was diagnosed in early May three years ago and was dead by July. Watching him deteriorate like that was terrible; I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

[sentinelsoul]

Pancreatic cancer is just awful, even by cancer standards. It's hard to detect early and by the time it's caught it's almost always too late. =(

I'm sorry about your friend. *hugs if wanted*

[wordnerd98]

How sad. RIP.