Former Congressman Frank Cremeans has died at
his home in Gallipolis. He was 59.

His daughter says Cremeans died Thursday night after a short
illness.

Cremeans represented Ohio's Sixth Congressional District from
1995 to 1997. He beat Ted Strickland for his seat, then lost it
back to him two years later.

Cremeans' daughter Cari Duval says her father died of
complications from a respiratory illness.

She says her father had been diagnosed with neuropathy, a deterioration of the nervous system.