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          Kay R. Hagan, the Senator from North Carolina - in Congress from through...

          Kay Hagan, a former bank executive who rose from a budget writer in the North Carolina Legislature to a seat in the U.S. Senate, died Monday following a prolonged illness.

          Hagan, a former vice president at what is now Bank of America, lost her Senate seat in to Thom Tillis, the Republican speaker of the North.

        1. Hagan, a former vice president at what is now Bank of America, lost her Senate seat in to Thom Tillis, the Republican speaker of the North.
        2. US Senator Kay Hagan (Kay) was a valiant and courageous advocate for the citizens of Guilford County and the State of North Carolina.
        3. Kay R. Hagan, the Senator from North Carolina - in Congress from through
        4. Hagan, a Shelby native, served in the North Carolina Senate from to She was also a lawyer and a banking executive who earned her.
        5. Senator KAY HAGAN, a native of Shelby, NC, embodies her State's motto.

          6. She was

          Hagan died at her home in Greensboro, her family said in a statement. "We already miss her humor and spirit as the hub of our family, a role she loved more than anything. Nobody could light up a room and make people feel welcome like Kay," the family statement said.

          Hagan died of encephalitis, or brain inflammation, caused by Powassan virus, a rare virus spread from ticks to humans, said her former Senate spokeswoman, Sadie Weiner, who now works for Gov.

          Roy Cooper. Hagan contracted the illness in late , and the subsequent brain inflammation made it difficult for her to speak and walk.

          Dr. Jeannina Smith, an infectious disease specialist at UW Health, explained that Powassan "attacks the brain itself, causing inflammation and infections of the brain.

          And because of that, patients who have had this vi