Cheryll Boren Heinze (October 30, 1946 – July 10, 2012) was a

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member of the

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from 2003 to 2005. She comes from the Boren family of Oklahoma and Texas; she was first cousin to both

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and

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. She was an artist outside politics. Heinze died on July 10, 2012, when the

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she and four other people were traveling in flipped upon landing in Beluga Lake, near

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.Ex-lawmaker dies in Homer plane crash
''Anchorage Daily News'', 11 July 2012.

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