Roy Herron, Longtime Tennessee Democratic Lawmaker, Dies After Injuries From Jet Ski Accident

Roy Herron, Longtime Tennessee Democratic Lawmaker, Dies After Injuries From Jet Ski Accident
Roy Herron hugs and shakes hands with supporters with help from Wesley Warrilow (right) after being defeated by Stephen Fincher for U.S. representative at the Elks Lodge in Dresden, Tenn., on Nov. 2, 2010. Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairman of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday, July 9, 2023, from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69 years old. Katie Brake/The Jackson Sun via AP, File
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Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69.

Herron died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, according to a statement from his family. He had been hospitalized since a July 1 collision with another jet ski on Kentucky Lake, in which he suffered internal bleeding and extensive injuries to his arm and pelvis, according to his family’s Caring Bridge website.