Johnny Joannou


Johnny Savas Joannou was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1976-1983, the Senate of Virginia 1984-1991, and the House again from 1998 to 2016. He last represented the 79th district, made up of parts of the cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk. Joannou died of lung cancer, on May 6, 2016, in Portsmouth, Virginia.