WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:

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Representative Magaziner Statement on Passing of Historian Gordon Wood

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"I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my former Professor, renowned historian Gordon Wood.

Wood was the reason I chose to major in History as a Brown University student, and my time studying under him helped shape me into the person I am.