# @apnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaryObZjFKe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67671142-apnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-12T07:17:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Associated Press (@AP) — https://gondola.cc/AP

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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday evening after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said in statement posted on social media.

The office did not provide any additional details about the South Carolina Republican, who was 71 years old.

“Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement said.

Graham was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and was running for a fifth term. He had been a close ally of President Donald Trump and a longtime hawk on Iran.

(An earlier version of the post erroneously said 74, not 71)

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