Charles Nesbitt Wilson was a former United States naval officer and former 12-term Democratic United States Representative from the 2nd congressional district in Texas.Wilson died on February 10, 2010 at Lufkin Memorial Hospital in Lufkin, Texas.He suffered from cardiopulmonary arrest. He was pronounced dead at 12:16 P.M. Central Time.
He was best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever CIA covert operation, which supplied military equipment, including anti-aircraft weapons such as Stinger antiaircraft missiles, to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. His behind-the-scenes campaign was the subject of the non-fiction book Charlie Wilson's War and a subsequent film adaptation.
Wilson retired from Congress in 1997 to live in Lufkin, Texas.In February 1999, Wilson married Barbara Alberstadt, a ballerina he met at a party in Washington in 1980.
In September 2007, after two months on an organ transplantation waiting list, Wilson received the heart of a 35-year-old donor. Years of heavy drinking may have put a strain on his heart; in 1985, he had been told by a doctor that he had 18 months to live.
He was best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever CIA covert operation, which supplied military equipment, including anti-aircraft weapons such as Stinger antiaircraft missiles, to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. His behind-the-scenes campaign was the subject of the non-fiction book Charlie Wilson's War and a subsequent film adaptation.
Wilson retired from Congress in 1997 to live in Lufkin, Texas.In February 1999, Wilson married Barbara Alberstadt, a ballerina he met at a party in Washington in 1980.
In September 2007, after two months on an organ transplantation waiting list, Wilson received the heart of a 35-year-old donor. Years of heavy drinking may have put a strain on his heart; in 1985, he had been told by a doctor that he had 18 months to live.
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