'I'm having chest pains,' US Senator Lindsey Graham said before he died: CNN
US Senator Lindsey Graham has died at age 71 following a medical emergency involving an aortic dissection. Reports indicate he experienced chest pains shortly after returning from a diplomatic trip to Ukraine.
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facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Photo: Anadolu Agency US Senator Tommy Tuberville has given new accounts of what happened to his fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham before he died at his Washington, DC, home on Saturday, according to a CNN report.
"Lindsey called, called basically, said, 'Listen, I'm having chest pains. You know, I need to do something,'" Tuberville told reporters on Monday, relaying the account of one of his staffers who was with Graham's scheduler on Saturday evening when the late senator called his scheduler complaining of chest pains and asked her to call 911.
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