Longtime columnist Jim Klobuchar has died at the age of 93, his daughter, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, announced on Wednesday.
“We lost my dad Jim Klobuchar today at age 93,” Amy Klobuchar tweeted. “He loved our state. He loved journalism. He loved sports and adventure. And we loved him.”
Jim Klobuchar, a journalist who wrote more than 8,400 columns for the Star Tribune from 1961 to 1995, struggled with Alzheimer’s prior to his death, his daughter said in her statement.
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The U.S. senator from Minnesota alluded to her father’s struggle with alcoholism during the confirmation hearings of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of drinking excessively during his high school years.
“You are saying there’s never been a case where you drink so much that you didn’t remember what happened the night before or part of what happened?” Klobuchar asked Kavanaugh during his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“You’re asking about blackout. I don’t know. Have you?” Kavanaugh responded.
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He later apologized for the remark, and Klobuchar responded, “When you have a parent that’s an alcoholic, you’re pretty careful about drinking.”
Jim Klobuchar, who was a veteran, will be buried at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis, and a public celebration of his life will be announced at a later date.
