The former US senator passes away at the age of 82

Former US senator and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman died Wednesday at the age of 82 in New York City after complications from a fall.

Lieberman was the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate in the 2000 election, which was won by Republican George W. Bush over Democrat Al Gore.

Lieberman was the first Jewish major-party presidential candidate in the US.

He failed in a bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2004, hurt by his support for the Iraq War.

A centrist, Lieberman was first elected to the US Senate in 1988. He lost the state's Democratic primary in 2006, but retained his seat by winning the general election as an independent.

In a further break from the Democratic Party, Lieberman endorsed Republican Senator John McCain for president in a speech at the Republican National Convention in 2008.

But Lieberman would later support Democrats Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 in their bids for the presidency. Lieberman retired from the Senate in 2013 after four 6-year terms./ CNA

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