Fritz Hollings, Senator Who Fought Hunger and Deficit, Dies at 97
- Democrat served in Senate for North Carolina for six terms
- Helped create federal agency to monitor the world’s oceans
Ernest Hollings
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Ernest “Fritz” Hollings, who helped smooth integration in South Carolina before spending 38 years in the U.S. Senate as an advocate for impoverished Americans and a voice for restraint in government spending, has died.
A family spokesman confirmed Hollings’ death early Saturday at age 97, according to the Associated Press. No cause of death was given.