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<\/p>\nFoster suffered a heart attack on Friday, his sister said, after going into the hospital for gall stones. He died yesterday at Methodist Hospital in Plano.<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2014 Former Dallas County Judge Jim Foster has died, according to his sister, Charlotte Foster Ross. He was 82.<\/p>\n
Foster suffered a heart attack on Friday, his sister said, after going into the hospital for gallstones. He died yesterday at Methodist Hospital in Plano, Ross added.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a loving, kind brother that was always there for everybody. He was the most soft-spoken human being I\u2019ve ever known,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
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Foster was in the security business and ran unsuccessful campaigns for sheriff and constable before launching what looked like a longshot bid for the county\u2019s top office.<\/p>\n
In 2007, he defeated Republican County Judge Margaret Keliher, as Democrats swept into power in Dallas County.<\/p>\n
\u201cJim Foster ran for and won Dallas County Judge at a time when other Democrats believed the seat was unwinnable. In his first year, he convened a summit for other newly elected county judges in the metroplex building upon the strong regional relationship that continues to exist today,\u201d Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told WFAA on Saturday.<\/p>\n
But during his one term, Foster tangled publicly with Commissioner John Wiley Price, a fellow Democrat, over the Inland Port in southern Dallas County.<\/p>\n