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, North Adams and Williamstown. Cariddi was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, in 1953. During her tenure in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, she served as the vice-chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, and served as a member of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture and the Joint Committee on Transportation. She served on the North Adams City Council. Cariddi died in office on June 17, 2017, at

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in Boston due to cancer.State Rep. Gailanne Cariddi dies at age 63
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