Imprisoned Former Mass. House Speaker DiMasi Has Cancer
BOSTON (AP) — The wife of convicted former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi says he has been diagnosed with cancer in his tongue and lymph nodes while serving an 8-year federal prison sentence in Lexington, Ky.
Debbie DiMasi says the family was shocked and saddened to learn that DiMasi was diagnosed last month with a rare form of cancer.
An unidentified family friend tells the Boston Globe that DiMasi was diagnosed after he discovered a suspicious growth.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Kim Tunnicliffe reports
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Debbie DiMasi could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday.
The 66-year-old DiMasi was convicted in June of using his political clout to steer two lucrative state contracts to a software firm in exchange for payments of $65,000.
DiMasi may be treated at a medical facility at the federal correctional complex in Butner, N.C.
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