Pennsylvania: Carol Ann Campbell

Wed, 11/19/2008 - 15:48

Longtime Philly Democratic icon dies

Carol Ann Campbell, who was for years an icon and fixture of Philadelphia's Democratic Party, has died, The Daily News reports.

Campbell served as secretary of the Democratic City Committee and also briefly as a City Councilwoman. Reports of her age apparently varied from 64 to 70. She had been confined to a wheelchair in recent years and a cause of death was not immediately released.