First Word: NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89

Senator Frank Lautenberg, the last remaining World War II veteran serving in the Senate, passed away due to complications from viral pneumonia at 4:02 a.m. today at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell.  He was 89 years old.

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