Josh Marshall is reporting that John Murtha has died. He was 77 years old.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
I will miss the old lion.
EDIT: Please comment on the front page post instead of here. I'll leave this squib here to preserve the comments.
On February 2nd it was reported that he was in ICU with complications from gallbladder surgery. http://news.yahoo.com/...
There was speculation here that he may have come down with a bad infection.