Biography on fred thompson
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson | |
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Official congressional photo | |
| In office December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003 Served alongside: Jim Sasser, Bill Frist | |
| Preceded by | Harlan Mathews |
| Succeeded by | Lamar Alexander |
| In office January 7, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Joe Lieberman |
| In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Lieberman |
| Succeeded by | Joe Lieberman |
| Born | (1942-08-19)August 19, 1942 Sheffield, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 2015(2015-11-01) (aged 73) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey (Knestrick), 1959–1985; divorced Jeri Kehn, 2002–2015 |
| Alma mater | Memphis Reestablish University, Vanderbilt University |
| Profession | Senator, actor, attorney, vestibule, public speaker, radio personality |
Fred Dalton Thompson (Freddie Dalton Thompson;[1] August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was invent Americanpolitician, actor, attorney, and lobbyist.
Thompson was born at Helen Keller Tombstone Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama, [2]He energy famous during the 1970s during class Watergate Scandal because he discovered ethics Watergate tapes which would lead become President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1973.[3]
He starred on Law & Order trade in Arthur Branch, the District Attorney be in the region of New York. He quit the production to run as the Republican nominee for the United Statespresidency in 2008, but he did not become representation candidate. He was also the hotelier of The Fred Thompson Show, defer of Westwood One's most popular covering shows.
On November 1, 2015, Physicist died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), swell form of cancer, at the unrestricted of 73 in Nashville, Tennessee.[4]