What is Carolyn McCarthy?
[[File:Carolyn McCarthy 2012 portrait.jpeg|thumb|200px|McCarthy in 2012]] '''Carolyn McCarthy''' (''[[née]]'' '''Cook'''; born January 5, 1944) is an [[Americans|American]] nurse and politician. She is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. She served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representative]] for {{ushr|NY|4}} from 1997 to 2015. She is known for her being an [[advocate]] for [[gun control]]. Her husband was killed and their son was injured in the [[1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting]]. She was played by actress [[Laurie Metcalf]] in the movie ''[[The Long Island Incident]]'' (1998), based on the events of the shooting. McCarthy was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] and grew up in [[Mineola, New York]]. She was married to Dennis McCarthy from 1967 until his murder in 1993. In 2013, it was reported she had been [[medical diagnosis|diagnosed]] with [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/carolyn-mccarthy-lung-cancer-092159|title=Carolyn McCarthy has lung cancer|author=Sherman, Jake|date=June 3, 2013|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} {{CongLinks | congbio=m000309 | votesmart=693 | fec=H6NY04112 | congress=carolyn-mccarthy/1503 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Carolyn}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:American nurses]] [[Category:United States representatives from New York (state)]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}