Fred Thompson, Former Senator, Actor, Pitchman, Dies at 73
- Ran for Republican presidential nomination in 2008 cycle
- Played a Manhattan district attorney on NBC's `Law and Order'
Fred Thompson. Photographer: Keith Bedford/Bloomberg News
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Fred Thompson, the former U.S. Senator from Tennessee who went on to become an actor and a television pitchman, has died age 73 after a recurrence of lymphoma, his family said in a statement.
Thompson ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, but dropped out after finding little support in early voting states.