Joe Lieberman, Former Veep Candidate and Longtime Connecticut Senator, Dies at 82

Joe Lieberman, the Democrat-turned-independent who served as a U.S. senator from Connecticut for nearly a quarter of a century and ran for vice president in 2000, died on Wednesday in New York City. He was 82.

His family, who confirmed his death in a statement to The Washington Post, said the cause was complications from a fall.

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