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Joseph Lieberman, a former Connecticut senator who became the first Jewish American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket, died at 82 years old. According to a statement from his family, Lieberman died following complications from a fall. His family said in a statement, “Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon,…

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Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died at 93 years old. According to a statement from the Supreme Court, O’Connor died in Phoenix, Arizona, “of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.” O’Connor was appointed to the court in 1981…

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, died at the age of 91. Russian state news agencies reported that Gorbachev died after a long illness. According to RIA Novosti, the Central Clinical Hospital said, “Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a severe and prolonged illness.” The man…

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Madeleine Albright, the first woman US secretary of state, who helped steer Western foreign policy after the Cold War, has died of cancer at 84 years old. Her family announced her death in a statement Wednesday. Albright was a crucial figure in President Bill Clinton’s administration. She first served as US ambassador to the United…
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