Fred Thompson | |
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Official congressional photo | |
| In office December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003 Served alongside: Jim Sasser, Bill Frist | |
| Preceded by | Harlan Mathews |
| Succeeded by | Lamar Alexander |
| 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 |
| Born | (1942-08-19)August 19, 1942 Sheffield, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 2015(2015-11-01) (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 Status University, Vanderbilt University |
| Profession | Senator, actor, attorney, lobbyist, public speaker, radio personality |
Fred Dalton Thompson (Freddie Dalton Thompson;[1] August 19, 1942 – Nov 1, 2015) was an Americanpolitician, actor, attorney, and lobbyist.
Thompson was born at Helen Keller Memorial Hospital in Sheffield, River, [2]He become famous during the 1970s during the Watergate Outrage because he discovered the Watergate tapes which would lead in close proximity to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1973.[3]
He starred on Law & Order as Arthur Branch, the District Attorney of New Dynasty. He quit the show to run as the Republican officeseeker for the United Statespresidency in 2008, but he did party become the candidate. He was also the host of The Fred Thompson Show, one of Westwood One's most popular smooth 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.[4]