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US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies age 71: Statement

Kyiv, Ukraine: This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on July 10, 2026, shows Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and US Senator Lindsey Graham (R) meeting in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP)

WASHINGTON: Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 following a "brief and sudden illness," his office said in a statement on his official X account.

"On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness," the Republican senator from South Carolina's office said, adding that his "family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period."

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