Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator for Tennessee and actor, has died. He was 73.
Thompson
died after a recurrence of lymphoma, his family said in a statement
Sunday. He was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma more than a
decade ago.
"It is with a
heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing of our
brother, husband, father, and grandfather who died peacefully in
Nashville surrounded by his family," the statement read.
"Our nation has lost a servant, Tennessee has lost a son, and our family has lost its rock."
Thompson, a Republican, won a special
election in 1994 to fill Al Gore's vacate U.S. Senate seat. He was
re-elected for a full term two years later and announced in 2002 that he
would not run again.
He campaigned briefly for president in the 2008 election.
Condolences
poured in Sunday from friends and colleagues, including Republican
presidential candidate Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of
Tennessee.
Source: CNN
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