Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After Sudden Illness, Following Cardiac Arrest at Home
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Updated · Times Now · Jul 12
Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After Sudden Illness, Following Cardiac Arrest at Home
3 articles · Updated · Times Now · Jul 12
Summary
71-year-old Senator Lindsey Graham died Saturday evening after what his office called a brief, sudden illness, hours after emergency responders were sent to his Capitol Hill home.
Police scanner audio obtained by NBC News described the call as a cardiac arrest, and photos showed paramedics taking a person from the residence on a stretcher to an ambulance.
Graham had returned from Kyiv on Friday after meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and was scheduled to appear Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press.
First elected in 2003, the South Carolina Republican chaired the Senate Budget Committee, was seeking a fifth term in November, and became a leading GOP voice on defense, Israel and Ukraine.