Remembering Fred Thompson

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Remembering Fred Thompson
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Fred Thompson, a former senator from Tennessee, died Sunday. He was 73.
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The Republican lawmaker died of a recurrence of lymphoma, his family said in statement, according to The Tennessean.
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“It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing of our brother, husband, father, and grandfather who died peacefully in Nashville surrounded by his family,” the statement said.
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Thompson had an illustrious career that spanned several industries. He served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the 1960s and 1970s, and provided legal counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee on its investigation of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Thompson worked in both the private and federal sectors in the eighties, as counsel and lobbyist. He served in the Senate between 1994 and 2003. In the last months of his congressional career, Thompson began appearing on NBC’s Law & Order. He went on to star as Arthur Branch, a Manhattan district attorney, for five years. He also appeared in several films, including Die Hard 2 and Secretariat. In the fall of 2007, Thompson announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, but dropped out of the race in early 2008.
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May he rest in peace.
I al;ways liked him on Law & Order.
 
So sorry to see him gone. Seemed like a likable guy, especially on those reverse mortgage commercials.

Requiescat in pace.
 
God bless you and rest in peace dear sir …
Fred Thompson was certainly a likeable man and compared to the candidates today, he certainly did have a presidential bearing.

rex
 
So sad to hear this. He always seemed so regal and distinguished. Praying for the repose of his soul.
 
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God bless you and rest in peace dear sir …
Fred Thompson was certainly a likeable man and compared to the candidates today, he certainly did have a presidential bearing.

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Absolutely.
**May his soul
and souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
Amen. **
 
We will miss him. May he rest in peace and his loved ones comforted.
 
I always enjoyed his work in the movies. I think he served his state well too.
 
He was the quintessential American character. Rugged, sharp, to the point, and disciplined. We need more like him these days.
 
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