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Michael Downing
Michael "Mike" Downing (October 20, 1954 - April 17, 2015) was the Sheriff of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, having served in that role from his election in 2010 until his cancer related death in 2015. Downing was a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 22nd district from 2006 to 2010. He was also a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1996 until 2002.
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Born
1955-10-20
Birth Place
Malden,_Massachusetts
Education
Southern_New_Hampshire_University
Political Ideology
Republican_Party_(United_States)
Religion
Roman_Catholic_Church
Spouse(s)
Heidi Downing
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Boston Globe

Michael Downing, whose books illuminated his illness and the lives of others, dies at 62

At 45, Michael Downing learned that his excellent health was a mirage, obscuring a genetic defect that probably had led to his father’s death from a heart attack at 44. The first symptom of his demise, he learned, would be abrupt and final. A series of doctors “leaned a little forward in their chairs and said the words ‘sudden death’ to me,” he later recalled.
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