Funeral today for Joe Lieberman, longtime U.S. senator and 2000 vice presidential nominee
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Lieberman represented Connecticut for decades and became the first Jewish candidate on a major party ticket. He died Wednesday in New York City at 82 years old.
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Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has died, according to his family. He was 82 and died of complications from a fall. Lieberman nearly won the vice presidency with Democrat
A funeral service is planned Friday morning in Stamford, the hometown of the four-term senator who grew as the son of a liquor store owner to come within hundreds of votes of becoming the first Jewish vice president in 2000.
Political dignitaries, family and friends gathered Friday to honor the late Joe Lieberman at a funeral service in Stamford, Connecticut, the hometown of the four-term U.S. senator who grew up as the son of a liquor store owner and came within hundreds of votes of becoming the first Jewish vice presi…
Political dignitaries, friends and family have gathered to honor the late, former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. A funeral service was taking place Friday morning in Stamford. Stamford was
Lieberman represented Connecticut for decades and became the first Jewish candidate on a major party ticket. He died Wednesday in New York City at 82 years old.
Joe Lieberman, who died Wednesday at 82, came within one Sarah Palin of being vice presidential nominee of both major parties in under a decade. Al Gore selected the Connecticut senator to be his running mate in 2000.
