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==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
On December 27, 1945, Rarick married the former Marguerite Pierce (September 10, 1924 – April 13, 2003), the mother of his three children. On January 21, 2004, the widower Rarick married the former Frances Eldred Campbell, a long-time family friend. In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Marc Magee Slattery.<ref name="obit/">
On December 27, 1945, Rarick married the former Marguerite Pierce (September 10, 1924 – April 13, 2003), the mother of his three children. On January 21, 2004, the widower Rarick married the former Frances Eldred Campbell, a long-time family friend. In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Marc Magee Slattery.<ref name="obit"/>
Rarick died of [[cancer]] at his St. Francisville home at 9:20 p.m., on September 14, 2009. Cherie Brumfield, his daughter and former law partner, told ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' that her father stood up for his lifetime motto: "For God and the Constitution," words inscribed on his tombstone. Brumfield said that Rarick had tried to "wake up America to fight for America." She added that her father, despite his Indiana birth, considered himself "as proud a southerner as anyone born here. He would say, 'I'm a southerner by choice, not chance."<ref>"Former Rep. John Rarick Dies at 85," ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, on-line edition, September 15, 2009.</ref>
Rarick died of [[cancer]] at his St. Francisville home at 9:20 p.m., on September 14, 2009. Cherie Brumfield, his daughter and former law partner, told ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' that her father stood up for his lifetime motto: "For God and the Constitution," words inscribed on his tombstone. Brumfield said that Rarick had tried to "wake up America to fight for America." She added that her father, despite his Indiana birth, considered himself "as proud a southerner as anyone born here. He would say, 'I'm a southerner by choice, not chance."<ref>"Former Rep. John Rarick Dies at 85," ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, on-line edition, September 15, 2009.</ref>