Tributes pour in for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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The former U.S. senator from Nevada died at 82 years old.
Tributes poured in overnight from across the political spectrum for former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who died Tuesday at 82 years old after living for years with pancreatic cancer.
Former President Barack Obama shared a letter he sent to the late senator, who helped pass his signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.
"I wouldn't have been president had it not been for your encouragement and support, and I wouldn't have got most of what I got done without your skill and determination," Obama wrote.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was one of the first public officials to release a statement, calling Reid his "leader, mentor, and one of my closest friends."
