Collins was elected to Congress in the June 5, 1973 special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 8, 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 plane crash.
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In 2004, she was selected by Nielsen Media Research to head a task force examining the representation of African Americans in TV rating samples.
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