G. William Whitehurst: key obituary facts
Is G. William Whitehurst dead? Yes. G. William Whitehurst died on November 7, 2026, at age 101.
Cause of death: G. William Whitehurst's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was G. William Whitehurst known for?
G. William Whitehurst was an American politician.
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Born: March 12, 1925.
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William Whitehurst, an American politician who represented Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House for nine terms, died November 7, 2026, aged 101.
Born George William Whitehurst in Norfolk, Virginia, he served in the U.S. Navy as an aviation radioman in the Pacific Theater from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from Washington and Lee University with a history degree in 1950, earned a master’s degree in history from the University of Virginia in 1951 and received a doctorate in American diplomatic history from West Virginia University in 1962. Whitehurst began his academic career as a professor at the Norfolk campus of the College of William & Mary, which became Old Dominion University that year. He served as the campus’s dean of students from 1963 to 1968 before entering Congress, where he represented the district from 1969 to 1987. After leaving elected office, he returned to Old Dominion University and held the Kaufman Lecturer in Public Affairs chair until retiring. Whitehurst married Jennette Seymour Franks in 1946; they had a daughter. His writing included The China Incident, published in 2021, and Diary of a Congressman, published in 1983, as well as its related volume, Diary of a Congressman: ABSCAM and Beyond.