Pennsylvania state Rep. Mike Reese (R) died on Saturday of an apparent brain aneurysm.
Reese was elected this past November for a seventh term in the state House and was also elected to serve as the Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus chairman in 2020-21.
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Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, said in a statement, Reese “died peacefully with his family by his side Saturday afternoon at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg following an apparent brain aneurysm.”
“More than a friend to all of us, and one of our caucus leaders, Mike was a devoted husband and father,” he continued. “His wife, three young children and extended family are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.”
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Rep. Reese reportedly contracted COVID in the first week of December. He said at the time that he has been in quarantine for a week and his symptom “were mild and are subsiding. I’m feeling better as each day passes.”
He was 42-years-old.
