Bill Young

Charles William "Bill" Young (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1971.

Early life
Young was born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, on December 16, 1930. Young dropped out of St. Petersburg High School to support his ill mother and was wounded in a hunting accident.

Career
He was a member of the Republican Party, and was at the time of his death the longest-serving Republican member of Congress. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations from 1999 to 2005 and sat on the Committee until his death.

Young served as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission from 1965 to 1967.  He was also a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984.

Personal life
In 1985, Young divorced his first wife, with whom he had three children, and married his current wife, Beverly. They have had two children together, Billy, and Patrick, and the couple raised Beverly's son, Robbie, from her first marriage.

Health
On October 17, 2013, Young's family told the Tampa Bay Times that Young was continuing medical treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center but his "condition turned for the worse overnight and he is gravely ill. Earlier that day, several news sources erroneously reported that Young had died.

Death
On October 18, 2013, Young died at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland from multiple myeloma. He had been hospitalized for almost two weeks with back problems that resulted from injuries he sustained in a small plane crash in 1970. He was 82 and is survived by his wife and five children.

References

Other websites

Congressman C.W. Bill Young  official U.S. House site
Bill Young for Congress 
C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program DoD Bone Marrow Donor website

Category:1930 births
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Category:Military people from Pennsylvania
Category:Deaths from multiple myeloma
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Category:Members of the Florida Legislature