Edward Cortez

Age: 64

Summary: mayor of Pomona, California who served on the city's Planning Commission for several years before being elected as Pomona's first Latino mayor in 1993, who was founding president of the Latino Chamber of Commerce and president of the Community Action for Peace Committee.

Cause of Death: Cancer

Born: December 26, 1940

Died: September 20, 2005

Location: Pomona, California