Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - Former United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Independent Democrat of Connecticut) appears at the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing considering the confirmation of Betsy DeVos of Grand Rapids, Michigan to be US Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - Former United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Independent Democrat of Connecticut) appears at the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing considering the confirmation of Betsy DeVos of Grand Rapids, Michigan to be US Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM