POCATELLO – Richard Stallings, a former Congressman from Pocatello, passed away unexpectedly at his home Sunday afternoon.

His widow, Rebecca Richards, tells EastIdahoNews.com the 85-year-old man died around 3 p.m. from an aggressive form of lymphoma. He’d been battling cancer for the last 14 years.

The couple was vacationing in Paris last Sunday, and Richard wasn’t feeling well. They flew home several days later and went to the emergency room.

“On Thursday, he was having trouble swallowing. We were going to start chemotherapy, but he was just getting too weak,” Rebecca says.

Although Rebecca is stunned that her husband is dead, she says his health challenges would have made his quality of life miserable, and she’s grateful he could go now instead of continuing to suffer.

“I’ve cried

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