Rep. Charles Norwood, a Georgia dentist who rode to office on a Republican tidal wave in 1994, died Tuesday (Feb. 13, 2007) after battling cancer. Rep. Norwood, 65, died at his home in Augusta, Ga. House members paused for a moment of silence in his honor.

Rep. Norwood suffered from a chronic lung disease and later developed metastatic cancer that spread from his lung to his liver.

The vacancy created by Norwood’s death will be filled by a special election, to be held no fewer than 30 days after the vacancy is created, according to state law.

Bill Clinton, mourning the loss of his stepfather, joined family and friends and hundreds of others who gathered on Saturday for the funeral of a man the former president says brought his mother the best years she ever had.

Richard Kelley, 91, died Wednesday at home after a long battle with cancer of the colon and liver. He was a retired salesman and was married to Clinton’s mother, Virginia, for 12 years before she died in 1994 from breast cancer.

Clinton spoke to more than 600 people at Kelley’s funeral, sharing his love for the man he said left the world with grace.