Former U.S. Senator Stevens Dies in Remote Alaska Plane Crash
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Ted Stevens, who spent four decades in the U.S. Senate from Alaska before losing re-election in 2008, was killed in the crash of a small plane during a fishing trip in a rural part of the state.
Lawmakers said Stevens, a Republican whose Senate tenure set the record for his party, leaves a legacy that included helping achieve Alaska’s statehood and fighting for the interests of his adopted home state.