More on this story from yesterday.  - [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The 88-year-old congressman died while traveling home to Alaska
- Young lost consciousness on a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle and could not be resuscitated
- 'Don Young's legacy as a fighter for the state will live on, as will his fundamental goodness and honor,' his office said
- Young was the longest-serving member of the current U.S. Congress and represented Alaska for 25 terms
- Last year he filed to enter this November's election
- In Congress, he was known for directing billions of dollars of federal money to Alaska, the largest state in the country but with one of the smallest populations
- In late 2020, Young was diagnosed with COVID-19 after he had earlier ridiculed the disease as a 'beer virus'
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