Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah), who made history in 2014 as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died at age 49 on March 23, according to her family.
“With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the profound influence of Mia on our lives, we want you to know that she passed away peacefully today,” her family said in a statement posted to her social media account.
Love passed away at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah, after battling glioblastoma brain cancer. Her daughter, Abigale, said earlier this month that the former lawmaker’s cancer had stopped responding to treatment.
“In the midst of a celebration of her life and an avalanche of happy memories, Mia quietly slipped the bands of mortality and, as her words and vision always did, soared heavenward,” her family stated….