Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dies at 75
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a longtime fixture of
Democratic politics with turns as Energy Secretary and United Nations ambassador under the Clinton administration, died on Friday, the
Richardson Center for Global Engagement said in a statement. He was
75.
Richardson died in his sleep at his summer home in Massachusetts.
"He lived his entire life in the service of others -- including both
his time in government and his subsequent career helping to free
people held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. There was no person
that Governor Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise
of returning a person to freedom," Mickey Bergman, vice president of
the Richardson Center, said in a statement.
"The world has lost a champion for those held unjustly abroad and I
have lost a mentor and a dear friend."
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton hailed Richardson, in a joint statement, as "a devoted public
servant and skilled diplomat."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/politics/bill-richardson-former-new-mexico-governor/index.html
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