Anderson, John
NAME: John C. Anderson
Biography: City Councilman John C. Anderson, 41, died yesterday at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Daroff Division, in South Philadelphia. Death came after three weeks of treatment for a respiratory problem. His doctors said he had been under treatment for sarcoidosis, a disease whose presence is characterized by lesions, often widespread, accompanied by inflammation. Friends and associates said that Anderson had remained confident to the end that he would overcome the disease. Sponsor of Philly's first gay rights bill in 1973.
John Anderson's death at 41 deprives Philadelphia of one of our outstanding younger political figures, a man whose first term in City Council showed him to be as remarkably talented a legislator as he had been as an attorney. He was bright and thoughtful and a large part of the reason that Philadelphia City Council has rebounded from its bad old days as a national laughingstock to a working, effective legislative body. His creativity and progressive thinking led toPublished on 1983-10-04, Page 27, Philadelphia Daily News (PA)
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Date of Death (delete if non-applicable): 10/03/1983
Age at Death (delete if non-applicable): 41
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