Carl Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, dead at 87
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Carl Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, has died at the age of 87, Fox News confirmed late Thursday.
Former President Obama said in 2013, "If you’ve ever worn the uniform, worked a shift on an assembly line, or sacrificed to make ends meet, then you’ve had a voice and a vote in Sen. Carl Levin." Fox2Detroit reported that Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., his nephew, released a statement praising his uncle for putting "the public good above self-interest." "As he walked about the Capitol in a rumpled suit, almost always with a plain white shirt and pedestrian tie, carrying bulging files with the occasional paper flying away, Carl was the very picture of sober purpose and rectitude. In truth, he wasn’t unfun," he said. "In fact, he often pierced tense situations with self-deprecating humor, and he privately shared incisive observations about others with staff and colleagues."More Related News