| Tom Lantos  AKA Thomas Peter Lantos
Born: 1-Feb-1928
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 11-Feb-2008
Location of death: Bethesda, MD [1]
Cause of death: Cancer - Throat
Remains: Buried, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congressman from California, 1981-2008 The only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress. Wife and two daughters converted to Mormonism.
Having disclosed that he suffered from cancer of the esophagus, Lantos announced that he would retire at the end of 2008; he died before he could complete his term.
His wife Annette was also a Holocaust survivor, and a cousin of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
[1] Bethesda Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Father: Pal Lantos (banker)
Mother: Anna (high school English teacher)
Wife: Annette Tillemann (m. Jul-1950, two daughters)
Daughter: Annette Lantos Tillman-Dick (m. Timber Dick)
Daughter: Katrina Swett (m. Dick Swett)
University: BA Economics, University of Washington, Seattle (1949)
University: MA Economics, University of Washington, Seattle (1950)
University: PhD Economics, University of California at Berkeley (1953)
Professor: San Francisco State University
US Congressman, California 12th (1993-2008, his death)
US Congressman, California 11th (1981-93)
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise Honorary Committee
Atlantic Partnership Vice Chairman, USA
Close Up Foundation Board of Advisors
International Rescue Committee Overseer
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
Phi Beta Kappa Society
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council member
Nazi Concentration Camp Inmate
Traveled to North Korea Jan-2005
Disorderly Conduct Embassy of Sudan, Washington, DC (28-Apr-2006)
Unlawful Assembly Embassy of Sudan, Washington, DC (28-Apr-2006)
Jewish Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Last Days (23-Oct-1998) · Himself
Official Website:
http://www.house.gov/lantos/
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