Ex-Speaker Carl Albert Dies at 91 From: The Washington Post | Date: February 6, 2000| Author: Martin Weil | Copyright 2000 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Carl Albert, 91, the Oklahoma Democrat who as speaker of the House of Representatives provided what was regarded as cautious, centrist leadership during some of the most turbulent times in American history--the years of Vietnam and Watergate--died Friday night at a hospital in McAlester, Okla.

Albert's health had long been precarious. He underwent triple- bypass surgery 15 years ago, after heart attacks in 1966 and 1981, and he had been treated for cancer in the 1980s.

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