Bush to replace Judge Edward R. Becker. Waldman died about a month after being nominated, which was well before the Senate Judiciary Committee had even begun to take up the nomination. Bush eventually wound up nominating Franklin Van Antwerpen to the seat. Death Waldman went on an extended medical leave in January 2003 as he battled lung cancer. Waldman died on May 30, 2003, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. See also George H. W. Bush judicial appointment controversies References Sources 1944 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American lawyers Assistant United States Attorneys Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Lawyers from Pittsburgh United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan 20th-century American judges University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni