Who was Mia Love? First Black Republican woman in Congress dies at 49 after Cancer battle

Written by on March 24, 2025

The first Black Republican woman, who was elected to US Congress - Mia Love- has passed away at the age of 49. Mia Love's family shared the news of her death on microblogging site X. The former US Republican Representative had been battling brain cancer and had stopped responding to treatment earlier this month, her daughter Abby had previously shared.

Mia Love had been undergoing immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial at Duke University’s brain tumour centre.

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