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August 30, 1981, Boston Globe - AP, page 1, Slain Legislator's First Wife Dies, 59,

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August 30, 1981, Boston Globe - AP, page 1, Slain Legislator's First Wife Dies, 59,

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Margaret M. Ryan, 59, the first wife of slain US Rep. Leo Ryan, died Friday at Peninsula Hospital after suffering an acute asthma attack. Hospitalized in the morning, she slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness.

Mrs. Ryan, a native of McClellan, Iowa, was married 23 years to Ryan, a San Mateo Democrat, before their divorce in 1971. Ryan was shot to death Nov. 18, 1978, on a jungle airstrip while on a trip investigating conditions at Jonestown, Guyana. Former Peoples Temple member Larry Layton is now on trial in federal court in San Francisco, charged with conspiracy to kill the lawmaker.

Mrs. Ryan leaves two sons and three daughters.

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