Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate United States Senator Joseph Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut) shares a chuckle with moderator Bernard Shaw during the VP debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky against Richard B. Cheney Thursday October 5, 2000. - 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 John Simpson - Pool via CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM