About Ken Donnelly
Lived 1950 – 2017 (aged 66). Ken Donnelly was an American politician.
Kenneth J. Donnelly (July 15, 1950 – April 2, 2017) was a Massachusetts state senator for the Fourth Middlesex district, which included his hometown of Arlington and several other cities. He was a Democrat who served from 2009 to 2017.
Donnelly graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA degree in Labor Studies.
He was a retired lieutenant with the Lexington Fire Department in Lexington, Massachusetts.
On June 17, 2014, Donnelly endorsed fellow Democrat Don Berwick in the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election.
Donnelly died on April 2, 2017, in Arlington, Massachusetts, from complications of a brain tumor, aged 66.
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Massachusetts state senator
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Ken Donnelly was born on 15 July 1950 in Arlington.
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Ken Donnelly died on 2 April 2017 in Arlington, Massachusetts.
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