Former Sen. Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in the US Senate for decades, died Thursday morning, his longtime spokesman said in a statement. Cochran died in Oxford, Mississippi, said Chris Gallegos, who previously worked for the senator and now works for his successor, Cindy Hyde-Smith. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. read more https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/30/politics/thad-cochran-dies-mississippi-senator/index.html