Joe Lieberman, longtime senator and 2000 vice presidential nominee, dies at 82

Washington — Joe Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in 2000, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 82.

Lieberman, who served in the upper chamber from 1989 to 2013, died from complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family.

"His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed," the statement said. "Senator Lieberman's love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest."