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      • Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose 1980s campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence was memorably captured in a Hollywood film that bore his name, died Wednesday. He was 76. Wilson died of cardiopulmonary arrest at Memorial Medical Center in his hometown of Lufkin, Texas. He had collapsed earlier in the day.
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  2. Death. Wilson cenotaph at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. Wilson died at the age of 76 on February 10, 2010, at Memorial Health System of East Texas at Lufkin (now the CHI St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin) in Lufkin, Texas, after collapsing earlier in the day. [46]

  3. Feb 10, 2010 · WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2010— -- Charlie Wilson, the congressman from East Texas who became immortalized by Hollywood for his efforts in leading U.S. support to Afghanistan during the Afghan-Soviet war, died today at the age of 76.

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Wilson died on February 10, 2010, at the age of 76 from cardiopulmonary arrest. QUICK FACTS Name: Charles Nesbitt Wilson

  5. Feb 10, 2010 · Former lawmaker Charlie Wilson dies at 76. By ABC13. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. DALLAS, TX Wilson died at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin after he started having difficulty breathing while...

  6. Feb 11, 2010 · (CNN)-- Former Democratic Rep. Charles Wilson of Texas, whose support for anti-Soviet forces in Afghanistan inspired the 2007 movie "Charlie Wilson's War," died Wednesday at age 76.

  7. Feb 10, 2010 · Wilson died at Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin after he started having difficulty breathing while attending a meeting in the eastern Texas town where he lived, said hospital spokeswoman Yana...

  8. Feb 11, 2010 · Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose 1980s campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence was memorably captured in a Hollywood film that bore his name, died Wednesday....