Former senator Fred Thompson, had TV and film roles, dead at 73

Monday, November 2, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former U.S. senator Fred Thompson, a folksy Tennessee lawyer whose career led him from politics to Hollywood and back again, died Sunday. He was 73.

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