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US Senator John McCain dies at age 81
Senator John McCain
U.S. senator John McCain is dead.
A statement from his family said he died at 4:28 p.m. local time.
McCain was a naval bomber pilot, five and half years Vietnam prisoner of war, and two-time presidential contender.
He had suffered from a malignant brain tumour – glioblastoma which was discovered in 2017 and had been living in his home state of Arizona.
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