Fred Thompson: American politician and actor (1942–2015)
Fred Dalton Thompson (Freddie Dalton Thompson; August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, actor, attorney, and lobbyist.
Fred Thompson | |
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 Official congressional photo | |
| United States Senator from Tennessee | |
| In office December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003 Served alongside: Jim Sasser, Bill Frist | |
| Preceded by | Harlan Mathews |
| Succeeded by | Lamar Alexander |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs | |
| In office January 7, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Joe Lieberman |
| In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Lieberman |
| Succeeded by | Joe Lieberman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 19, 1942 Sheffield, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 2015 (aged 73) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey (Knestrick), 1959–1985; divorced Jeri Kehn, 2002–2015 |
| Alma mater | Memphis State University, Vanderbilt University |
| Profession | Senator, actor, attorney, lobbyist, public speaker, radio personality |
Thompson was born at Helen Keller Memorial Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama, He become famous during the 1970s during the Watergate Scandal because he discovered the Watergate tapes which would lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1973.
He starred on Law & Order as Arthur Branch, the District Attorney of New York. He quit the show to run as the Republican candidate for the United States presidency in 2008, but he did not become the candidate. He was also the host of The Fred Thompson Show, one of Westwood One's most popular talk shows.
On November 1, 2015, Thompson died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a form of cancer, at the age of 73 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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