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Now, she is dead.

Kansas Rep. Patsy Terrell found dead in hotel room

TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas lawmakers held a moment of silence Wednesday night after Rep. Patsy Terrell (D) Hutchinson was found dead in her hotel room earlier in the day.

The GOP caucus held the moment of silence

Wednesday night. The Topeka Police Department tells our sister station WIBW that Terrell died of natural causes.

Police say officers responded to Topeka's downtown Ramada after hotel management conducted a welfare check on Terrell.

Terrell began serving in the Kansas House this year after being elected to serve District 102 last November.

Wednesday evening, Rep. Jim Ward (D) Wichita, issued the following statement:

""We are heartbroken to share the news that Representative Patsy Terrell passed away today.

Patsy cast a bright light in the Kansas House of Representatives and was an unrelenting advocate for the people of District 102 and Hutchinson. She was proud of her work in the legislature and gave it her full commitment. We will miss her cheerful spirit, big smile, and quest for making Kansas a better state."

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