Former Insurance Commissioner Jim Long Dies at 68
(WGHP-TV) - Former state Insurance Commissioner Jim Long died Monday, hospitals officials said, a month after ending his 24-year-run as the industry's top regulator and less than two weeks after suffering a stroke before a legislative meeting. He was 68.
Long died at 2:52 p.m. at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, hospital spokeswoman Melody Hunter-Pillion said. His family said he had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when blood escapes from the arteries and floods into the brain, on Jan. 21.
"It is with heavy hearts that our family witnessed Jim's passing today," Long's wife, Peg O'Connell, said in the hospital's statement. "Jim loved this great state and its gracious people. He was honored to serve them."
Long died at 2:52 p.m. at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, hospital spokeswoman Melody Hunter-Pillion said. His family said he had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when blood escapes from the arteries and floods into the brain, on Jan. 21.
"It is with heavy hearts that our family witnessed Jim's passing today," Long's wife, Peg O'Connell, said in the hospital's statement. "Jim loved this great state and its gracious people. He was honored to serve them."
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