Long-serving Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has died at age 71 following a brief and sudden illness, according to reports Sunday. Graham, who served in the Senate for decades and chaired the Senate Budget Committee, passed away Saturday night after emergency responders were dispatched to his Capitol Hill residence. Emergency services continue reading …
of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known” and “a true American Patriot.” NBC News reported Graham died from a “brief and sudden illness,” though officials did not immediately release additional medical details. A senior Graham aide told NBC News early Sunday that there had been no indication the senator was experiencing health problems continue reading …
before his death. Paramedics transported an individual on a stretcher from Graham’s residence to a waiting ambulance, with police vehicles and fire trucks also present at the scene, according to photographs reviewed by NBC News.
Graham was one of the Senate’s most recognizable members and a leading voice within the Republican Party on defense and foreign continue reading …
