The Falls Church News-Press joins people of good will everywhere who today are mourning the passing of U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly at age 75 at his home yesterday. Some of the overwhelming flow

Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly died at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, weeks after announcing his esophageal cancer had returned, his loved ones said. The longtime Northern Virginia lawmaker — who served nearly four decades in public office — passed away peacefully at his Fairfax home