Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: allentown , pennsylvania - state house: pennsylvania pennsylvania - successor: roy afflerbach - death date: 4 may 2015 - predecessor: district created - party: democratic - district: 131st lehigh county - term end: 1982 1968 - term start: 1969 1965 - birth date: 30 october 1930 - name: james p. ritter - birth place: allentown , pennsylvania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james ritter .
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james p. ritter -lrb- october 30 , 1930 -- may 4 , 2015 -rrb- was an american design draftsman and politician .born in allentown , pennsylvania , ritter graduated from allentown high school .he served in the united states army during the korean war .ritter took courses in mechanical engineering and was a design draftsman for pennsylvania power and light company and lehigh structural steel in allentown .ritter served in the pennsylvania house of representatives from 1965 until 1983 and was a democrat .ritter died in allentown , pennsylvania .