Tag: Natalie DiBlasio

  • Edward Brooke, first black elected U.S. senator, dies at 95 USA Today 2015-01-03 Natalie DiBlasio Former Massachusetts U.S. senator Edward Brooke, the first African American to be elected to the Senate by popular vote, has died at age 95. Ralph Neas, a former aide, said Brooke died Saturday of natural causes at his home in…