Rep. John Lewis hospitalized, under 'routine observation'

: Category: Politics; Published: 29 July 2018

ATLANTA (AP) - Civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis^[1] has been hospitalized for undisclosed reasons.

Citing a statement from Lewis^[2]‘ office, WSB-TV reports that the 78-year-old Georgia congressman was “resting comfortably” in a hospital Saturday night for “routine observation.”

The statement says Lewis^[3] expects to be released Sunday.

Lewis^[4], a Democrat, played a key role in the civil rights movement and marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965 in Selma, Alabama.

Lewis ^[5] was expected at an Atlanta event Saturday evening but did not attend.

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