US senator John McCain dead at 81: office

By AFP   August 25, 2018 | 04:32 pm PT
US senator John McCain dead at 81: office
U.S. Senator John McCain has died at his Arizona home at the age of 81
U.S. senator John McCain died Saturday after losing a battle to brain cancer, his office said. He was 81.

"Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28 p.m. on August 25, 2018. With the senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family," his office said in a statement.

"At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 60 years."

McCain is a widely celebrated war hero known for reaching across the aisle in an increasingly divided America.

 
 
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