Ohio GOP Rep. Gillmor Found Dead
    The Associated Press

    Wednesday 05 August 2007

68-year-old Republican found in his Washington apartment.

    Washington - Ohio Rep. Paul Gillmor was found dead in his apartment Wednesday, a Republican leadership aide said.

    The aide said the body of the 68-year-old Republican was found by staff members who went to his apartment after he failed to show up for work. There was no immediate word on the cause of his death. Gillmor's office did not respond to a reporter's call.

    Gillmor, who represented Ohio's 5th District in the Bowling Green area of the state, was first elected to Congress in 1988.

    The aide spoke on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement.