Longtime Mississippi senator Thad Cochran dead at 81

By Naomi Lim

Published May 30, 2019 3:21pm ET

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Longtime Mississippi senator Thad Cochran dead at 81 — In this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., responds to the crowd's applause following his short campaign speech at Hobnob, a casual gathering of business people at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss. | (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

Longtime Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., died Thursday at the age of 81, according to his successor’s office.

Cochran, who retired in April 2018 after representing the Magnolia State in Congress for more than 45 years, died Thursday morning in Oxford, Miss., Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s office said in a statement. His retirement came after a series of health concerns, including a urological procedure that required him to miss about a month of work last year.

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