John Lewis

=== Illness and death ===
On December 29, 2019, Lewis announced that he had been diagnosed with stage IV [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/us/politics/rep-john-lewis-pancreatic-cancer.html |title=John Lewis, Congressman and Civil Rights Icon, Has Pancreatic Cancer |last=Cochrane |first=Emily |date=December 29, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 30, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230001014/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/us/politics/rep-john-lewis-pancreatic-cancer.html |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Remnick |first=David |title=The Ongoing Struggle of John Lewis |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-ongoing-struggle-of-john-lewis |access-date=December 31, 2019 |language=en |date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230232628/https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-ongoing-struggle-of-john-lewis |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |url-status=live |magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> He remained in the Washington D.C. area for his treatment. Lewis stated: "I have been in some kind of fight&nbsp;– for freedom, equality, basic human rights&nbsp;– for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now."<ref>{{cite news |last=LeBlanc |first=Paul |title=Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis announces he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/29/politics/john-lewis-pancreatic-cancer/index.html |access-date=December 30, 2019 |work=CNN |date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230000425/https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/29/politics/john-lewis-pancreatic-cancer/index.html |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=US Rep John Lewis of Georgia says he has pancreatic cancer |url=https://wtop.com/national/2019/12/us-rep-john-lewis-of-georgia-says-he-has-pancreatic-cancer/ |access-date=December 30, 2019 |work=WTOP News |date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230002208/https://wtop.com/national/2019/12/us-rep-john-lewis-of-georgia-says-he-has-pancreatic-cancer/ |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{external media| float = right| width= 230px|video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?474215-1/memorial-service-rep-john-lewis-1940-2020 Memorial service for Lewis, at Troy University, Troy, Alabama, July 25, 2020], [[C-SPAN]]| video2= [https://www.c-span.org/video/?474216-1/edmund-pettus-bridge-processional-honor-rep-john-lewis-1940-2020 Edmund Pettus Bridge processional in honor of Lewis, July 26, 2020], [[C-SPAN]] |video3= [https://www.c-span.org/video/?474218-1/representative-john-lewis-casket-arrival-us-capitol&event=474218&playEvent Memorial service for Lewis at the U.S. Capitol, July 27, 2020], [[C-SPAN]]| video4= [https://www.c-span.org/video/?474223-1/representative-john-lewis-funeral-service-atlanta-georgia&event=474223&playEvent Funeral service for Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, July 30, 2020], [[C-SPAN]] }}
On July 17, 2020, Lewis died in [[Atlanta]] at the age of 80,<ref>{{cite news |date=July 17, 2020 |title=John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/rep-john-lewis-dies-at-80/2470531/ |work=[[WCAU]] News |access-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718034614/https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/rep-john-lewis-dies-at-80/2470531/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Tom Vanden Brook, Deborah Barfield Berry and Ledyard |title=Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who began pushing for racial justice in the Jim Crow south, has died |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/17/rep-john-lewis-civil-rights-icon-original-freedom-rider-has-died/795340002/ |access-date=July 18, 2020 |newspaper=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718033826/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/17/rep-john-lewis-civil-rights-icon-original-freedom-rider-has-died/795340002/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-john-lewis-has-died-2020-7 |title=Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis dies at age 80 |first1=Sonam |last1=Sheth |author2=Ellen Cranley |journal=Business Insider |access-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303101835/https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-john-lewis-has-died-2020-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> on the same day in the same city as his friend and fellow civil rights activist [[C. T. Vivian|C.T. Vivian]].<ref>{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=July 17, 2020 |title=C.T. Vivian, Martin Luther King's Field General, Dies at 95 |language=en-US |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/ct-vivian-dead.html |access-date=July 19, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718220330/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/ct-vivian-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis had been the final surviving [[Big Six (activists)|"Big Six" civil rights icon]].

Then-president [[Donald Trump]] ordered all flags to be flown at [[half-staff]] in response to Lewis's death.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/world-leaders-politicians-pay-homage-civil-rights-icon/story?id=71854525 |title=Trump tweets he's 'saddened' by John Lewis' death, world leaders pay tribute |first=William |last=Mansell |work=ABC News |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721023028/https://abcnews.go.com/US/world-leaders-politicians-pay-homage-civil-rights-icon/story?id=71854525 |url-status=live }}</ref> Condolences also came from the international community, with Swedish Prime Minister [[Stefan Löfven]], French President [[Emmanuel Macron]], Irish President [[Michael D. Higgins]] among others, all memorializing Lewis.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/507943-international-community-pays-homage-to-american-civil-rights-icon-john |work=The Hill |title=International community pays homage to American civil rights icon John Lewis |date=July 18, 2020 |last=Axelrod |first=Tax |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721222609/https://thehill.com/policy/international/507943-international-community-pays-homage-to-american-civil-rights-icon-john |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-president-tribute-civil-rights-hero-john-lewis |work=Irish Central |title=Irish president pays tribute to civil rights hero John Lewis |date=July 19, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2020 |last=O'Brien |first=Shane |archive-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721091604/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-president-tribute-civil-rights-hero-john-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref>