US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness'

France 24 reports that US Senator Lindsey Graham, a leading Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump, has died at the age of seventy-one. According to his office, Graham passed away on Saturday following what it described as a brief and sudden illness. France 24 says the statement did not offer further detail.

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