Updated
Updated · Times Now · Jul 12
Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After Sudden Illness, Following Cardiac Arrest at Home
Updated
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.

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