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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate in 2003 and was a close political ally of President Donald Trump’s, has died, his office confirmed. He was 71.

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Graham died Saturday night “from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement. Emergency personnel had responded to a call for “cardiac arrest” at his Capitol Hill home, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC News.

Lindsey Graham’s preliminary cause of death was an aortic rupture due to a hardening of the arteries, his office said, citing a medical examiner.