By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 5, 2024
At 89-years-old, Eddie Bernice Johnson, the trailblazing U.S. Congresswoman who represented Dallas up until last year, has died. Her family is alleging that her death is a result of medical neglect after she “contracted an infection at Baylor Scott & White’s rehabilitation facility that led to her death,” the Texas Tribune reports.
Johnson, who lovingly went by the moniker “EBJ” grew up in