Senator Lindsey Graham Led An Extraordinarily Lively Life Earlier than Sudden Passing

Lindsey Graham‘s sudden dying has shocked the political world … not least of all as a result of he was one of the vital lively members of the Senate — one thing we skilled firsthand just lately.

Keep in mind … our TMZ DC workforce caught up with the senator from South Carolina lower than a month in the past, and our cameraman Charlie chatted with him about Freedom 250 — the UFC battle on the White Home Garden.

After all, Senator Graham was a busy man … and Charlie obtained him whereas on the transfer — following alongside whereas the senator tackled a number of flights of stairs like they have been NBD, chatting all of the whereas.

Graham was an avid golfer as nicely, usually hitting the hyperlinks with President Donald Trump … together with a number of occasions in a single week again in 2017.

Within the weeks earlier than his dying, Graham gained the senatorial main in South Carolina … and made a number of marketing campaign stops within the state previous to his win — a schedule which could be fairly taxing on a politician.

Graham was additionally lively within the Senate in latest weeks … even introducing a invoice on June 23 to mark July 15 as “Glioblastoma Awareness Day.”

As you understand … Senator Graham handed away Saturday evening after what his workforce described as a “a brief and sudden illness.”

TMZ DC obtained images of Graham being wheeled out of his house on a gurney … and 911 audio signifies he apparently had chest pains previous to his dying.

President Trump and different world leaders — like former President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — paid tribute to him within the aftermath of his passing.

Graham served within the Senate from 2003 to 2026 after spending 8 years within the U.S. Home of Representatives.

He was 71.