California Assembly leader Kevin Shelley called for a moment of silence to honor the memory of Mrs. Landingham, a fictional character on NBC's "West Wing" show who is killed by a drunk driver. Shelley called Mrs. Landingham a "great American" whose "contributions to the nation were too numerous to count." An NBC spokeswoman responded by noting that Kathryn Joosten, who played the president's secretary on the Emmy-winning show, is alive and in good health.

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