The TOI correspondent from Washington: For weeks, official Washington has been bracing for legislative afterlife of Senate Republican titan Mitch McConnell, 84, whose deteriorating health had invited political obituaries. Instead, it was Senator Lindsey Graham,13 years younger and still actively crisscrossing the globe on diplomatic missions till recently, who died suddenly on Sunday at 71, stunning the Republican Party and reshaping the political landscape heading into the November mid-term elections.

The South Carolina senator’s office said the 71-year-old died after a “brief and sudden illness.”

The South Carolina senator’s office said the 71-year-old died after a “brief and sudden illness.”

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham died Saturday after a brief and unexpected illness, his office said in statement posted on social media.

Republican senator had served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backers

The South Carolina politician and staunch ally of Donald Trump died aged 71 after a brief and sudden illness, his office said.

The Republican senator from South Carolina died of a sudden illness.

The senator died following a "brief and sudden illness" on Saturday, his office has confirmed

His office says he passed away on Saturday evening after a brief and sudden illness.

The 71-year-old defence hawk was a prominent Republican senator from South Carolina.

US Senator Lindsey Graham was a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump before becoming one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill

Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a leading Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 after a "brief and sudden illness" his office said in…

US Senator Lindsey Graham has passed away after a brief and sudden illness, the communications director for his office said in a post on X early on Sunday.

WASHINGTON: Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 following a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a…

The South Carolina Republican and foreign policy hawk shaped modern GOP politics as one of Trump's closest allies

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away on Saturday evening after a brief and sudden illness, the communications director for his office said in a...

Republican senator served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backers

US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close aide to former President Donald Trump, has died at 71 following a brief and sudden illness, his office announced.

US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71 following a sudden illness, his office announced.

The South Carolina politician was a vocal critic of President Donald Trump before becoming one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more muscular US f