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Javits died at the age of eighty-one of a [[heart attack]] while he was vacationing with his wife in West Palm Beach, [[Florida]]. He also had the deadly [[Lou Gehrig's Disease|Lou Gehrig's disease]] but was still in robust his mental health.<ref name=nytobit/>

Javits died at the age of eighty-one of a [[heart attack]] while he was vacationing with his wife in West Palm Beach, [[Florida]]. He also had the deadly [[Lou Gehrig's Disease|Lou Gehrig's disease]] but was still in robust his mental health.<ref name=nytobit/>

U.S. Senator [[John Tower]], a conservative-turned-Moderate Republican from [[Texas]], said that Javits "always subordinated political expediency to do instead what he thought was best for the greatest number of people."<ref name=wpost/>

U.S. Senator [[John Tower]], a conservative-turned-Moderate Republican from [[Texas]], said that Javits:<ref name=wpost/>

{{cquote|always subordinated political expediency to do instead what he thought was best for the greatest number of people.}}

President Reagan, whom Javits supported in both 1980 and 1984, and who awarded him the Medal of Freedom in 1983, described Javits as a man of  "remarkable courage … Throughout his many years in the Senate, Jacob Javits was known for his intellect, for his integrity, for his dedication to the people of New York and the nation, and for the sheer joy he took in his work. He remained to the end a man in love with life."<ref name=wpost/>

President Reagan, whom Javits supported in both 1980 and 1984, and who awarded him the Medal of Freedom in 1983, described Javits as a man of  "remarkable courage … Throughout his many years in the Senate, Jacob Javits was known for his intellect, for his integrity, for his dedication to the people of New York and the nation, and for the sheer joy he took in his work. He remained to the end a man in love with life."<ref name=wpost/>

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