Michael DeBose
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Michael DeBose
| image name=
| state_house=Ohio
| state=Ohio
| district=12th
| term=February 13, 2002 - December 31, 2010
| preceded=John E. Barnes Jr.
| succeeded=John E. Barnes Jr.
| birth_date=December 16, 1953U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; Rv Michael Debose, 16 Dec 1953, Cleveland, OH.
| death_date= {{death date and age|2012|4|23|1953|12|16}}
| death_place= Cleveland, Ohio
| alma_mater=Cleveland State University
| profession= Baptist minister; politician
| residence= Cleveland, Ohio
| party=Democratic
}}
Michael DeBose (December 16, 1953 – April 23, 2012) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was first elected to that position on February 13, 2002.{{cite news|last1=Segall|first1=Grant|title=Rev. Michael DeBose, former state representative, died today: news obituary|url=http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2012/04/rev_michael_debose_former_stat.html|accessdate=June 8, 2017|work=The Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=April 23, 2012}}
Biography
DeBose attended Cleveland State University, where he earned a BA in Mass Media Communications. He was an ordained and licensed minister of the Zion Chapel Baptist church. He was married with three children.{{cite web|url=http://www.georgewashingtonwilliams.org/legislators.cfm?letter=D&legislator=36 |title=African-American legislators: Those Who Followed |accessdate=2005-06-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210213754/http://www.georgewashingtonwilliams.org/legislators.cfm?letter=D |archivedate=December 10, 2006 }}
He was the primary sponsor of four bills, including one to create a mandatory pink sex offender license plate so people can better identify them, saying "The primary reason they can prey is because they're camouflaged from who they really are."{{cite web|url=http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=6&id=23227|title=Pink Plates Proposed For Sex Offenders|accessdate=2005-06-12|date=2007-04-27|publisher=NBC 4 (Columbus, Ohio)|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050601075643/http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=6&id=23227|archivedate=2005-06-01}}
On May 1, 2007, DeBose was taking a walk around his neighborhood after returning from Columbus when two armed robbers attempted to hold him up. He had, in the past, voted against concealed weapon legislation, but cited the incident as changing his stance.{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/phillip_morris/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1179218274175560.xml&coll=2&thispage=1|title=Run-in changes lawmaker's stance|accessdate=2005-06-12|date=2007-05-15|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519053708/http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/phillip_morris/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fopinion%2F1179218274175560.xml&coll=2&thispage=1|archivedate=2007-05-19}}
Death
DeBose died of complications of Parkinson's disease on April 23, 2012, at the age of 58.
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Category:21st-century African-American politicians
Category:20th-century African-American politicians
Category:Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Ohio General Assembly
Category:Cleveland State University alumni
Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in the United States
Category:Neurological disease deaths in Ohio
Category:Politicians from Cleveland