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Jim Wright, a driven Texas Democrat who rose to the pinnacle of congressional power before ethics charges forced his resignation as speaker of the House in 1989, died Wednesday morning at a nursing home in Fort Worth. He was 92.
The Thompson’s Harveson & Cole funeral home in Fort Worth confirmed his death.
While his resignation was prompted by a yearlong ethics investigation, much of the enmity against Mr. Wright derived from the way he ran the House and saw his role as speaker.
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