Global Leaders Mourn Lindsey Graham, Dead at 71 After Sudden Illness
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 12
Global Leaders Mourn Lindsey Graham, Dead at 71 After Sudden Illness
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 12
Summary
President Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu led tributes on Sunday after Graham died Saturday at 71 following what his office called a brief, sudden illness.
Zelensky said he had met Graham twice in the past week in Kyiv and noted the senator had visited Ukraine 10 times since Russia's full-scale 2022 invasion.
Netanyahu called Graham a beloved friend and staunch defender of Israel, underscoring the South Carolina Republican's long record as an interventionist foreign-policy hawk.
Graham, elected to the Senate in 2003, had evolved from a sharp Trump critic into one of the president's most loyal allies while remaining consistently forceful on military action abroad.