Tom Coburn, GOP ‘Dr. No’ to Senate Democrats, Dies at 72
- Tom Coburn, the physician and Republican senator who became a nemesis to Democrats in the U.S. Congress for 15 years with his hawkish stance on government spending and conservative views on social issues, has died, age 72. The Oklahoman newspaper in Coburn’s home state cited a statement from Coburn’s family that the former lawmaker died Friday night. The cause of death was prostate cancer. Coburn announced his retirement in January 2014, effective at the end of the congressional session. He was being treated for cancer at the time. The ...
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