Obituary: Retired U.S. senator Richard Lugar, 87 (!), has died. Representing Indiana for many years until his retirement in 2013, he was known as an expert in foreign policy issues.
Richard Lugar, the former Indiana senator whose work in pursuit of nuclear non-proliferation helped cement his place as one of the Republican Party's most influential voices on foreign policy, died on Sunday at the age of 87.
The former six-term senator died in Falls Church, Va. of complications from a neurological disorder known as chronic inflammatory demylinating polyneuropathy. Lugar's wife Charlene and his four sons — Mark, Bob, John and David — were with him at the time of his death, following a short illness in the hospital, according to a statement from the Lugar Center.
Lugar's political career began in 1964 when he was elected to the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners. As the school board's vice president, he worked to desegregate the city's schools, according to The Indianapolis Star.
He went on to serve two terms as Indianapolis' mayor before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1976.
He was in the Senate for a very long time, close to 40 years. He wasn't bad as far as Republicans go, but he wasn't bad enough for their tastes, so the batshit crazies in his party got to him and defeated him in 2012.
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