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Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry died Thursday, a day after after experiencing a medical emergency associated to his abdomen most cancers. He was 72.

The announcement from his workplace that the Democratic mayor had “passed away peacefully” got here simply hours after Henry’s household issued a press release saying he had entered hospice care after struggling a medical emergency.

“Mayor Henry was a man of the highest character – a true servant leader who devoted his entire adult life to the betterment of Fort Wayne and its residents. He was also the best dad a son or daughter could ask for,” the announcement from his spokesperson John Perlich stated.

The earlier announcement from Henry’s household stated he was privately transported to a hospital the place the mayor and his household consulted at size together with his medical group, together with his oncologist.

“After careful consideration of the risks associated with surgical intervention, Mayor Henry has opted for comfort measures at this time. He is resting comfortably under the care of extremely skilled hospice nurses,” the assertion stated.

Henry introduced his analysis of late-stage abdomen most cancers on Feb. 26 throughout a information convention. He started chemotherapy initially of March.

“My initial scans have shown that the cancer is currently spreading through my lymph nodes and other organs,” Henry stated on the time. “Therefore, my prognosis is not exactly encouraging.”

Henry was elected in November to his fifth time period as mayor of Indiana’s second most populous metropolis with about 270,000 residents. Henry’s spouse, Cindy, died at age 67 on Jan. 20 after battling pancreatic most cancers for greater than a yr.

Henry pleaded responsible in November 2022 to working a automobile whereas intoxicated endangering an individual, had his license suspended for 90 days and obtained a suspended one-year jail sentence. He was arrested the month earlier than with a blood-alcohol practically twice Indiana’s authorized restrict.