What is John V. Tunney?
[[File:JohnTunney.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tunney in 1971]] '''John Varick Tunney''' (June 26, 1934 – January 12, 2018) was an American politician. He was born in [[New York City]]. He studied at [[Yale University]] and at the [[University of Virginia]]. Tunney served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[California|California's]] [[California's 38th congressional district|38th congressional district]] from 1965 through 1971. Tunney defeated then-[[incumbent]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[George Murphy]] in the 1970 election. He became Senator on January 3, 1971 and would serve until January 2, 1977 when he lost to [[S. I. Hayakawa]] in the 1976 election. Tunney died of [[prostate cancer]] in [[Santa Monica, California]] on January 12, 2018 at the age of 83.<ref>'John Tunney, ex-US Senator from California, dies at 83,' '''The Washington Post,''' Andrew Dalton, January 12, 2018</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040130193758/http://www.tunney.org/ Former U.S. Senator John V. Tunney] * [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress entry] {{DEFAULTSORT:Tunney, John V.}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in California]] [[Category:United States senators from California]] [[Category:United States representatives from California]] [[Category:Politicians from New York City]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}