Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a Cuban immigrant from Miami who spent nearly two decades serving his south Florida congressional district and the brother of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, died Monday.
The cause was cancer, his son told the Miami Herald. He was 70.
“It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Lincoln Diaz-Balart,” Mario Diaz-Balart said in a statement announcing his brother’s death. “Lincoln’s profound love for the United States, and his relentless commitment to the cause of a free Cuba, guided him throughout his life and his 24 years in elected public service, including 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.”
