His voice carried through the halls of Congress, but his heart never left home.” Lloyd Williams, President and CEO of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce “It is sadly appropriate that my close friend and mentor ‘The Lion Of Lenox Avenue’ the great Charles B.

Rangel, one of the longest-serving members of Congress, died on Memorial Day at age 94, according to a statement from the City College of New York, where he served after leaving politics. CCNY didn’t state a cause of death.