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Former Sen. Richard Lugar dies at age 87

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage, died Sunday. He was 87.

Lugar died early Sunday at the Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in Virginia from complications related to chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, or CIPD, a rare neurological disorder.

His 35-year Capitol Hill career made him Indiana’s longest-serving senator.

By Associated Press

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