Fred Thompson

Fred Dalton Thompson (Freddie Dalton Thompson;^[1] August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, actor, attorney, and lobbyist.

Fred Thompson
Official congressional photo
United States Senator from Tennessee
In office December 2, 1994 – January 3, 2003 Served alongside: Jim Sasser, Bill Frist
Preceded by	Harlan Mathews
Succeeded by	Lamar Alexander
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
In office January 7, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by	Ted Stevens
Succeeded by	Joe Lieberman
In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Preceded by	Joe Lieberman
Succeeded by	Joe Lieberman
Personal details
Born	(1942-08-19)August 19, 1942 Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Died	November 1, 2015(2015-11-01) (aged 73) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey (Knestrick), 1959–1985; divorced Jeri Kehn, 2002–2015
Alma mater	Memphis State University, Vanderbilt University
Profession	Senator, actor, attorney, lobbyist, public speaker, radio personality

Thompson was born at Helen Keller Memorial Hospital in Sheffield, Alabama, ^[2]He become famous during the 1970s during the Watergate Scandal because he discovered the Watergate tapes which would lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1973.^[3]

He starred on Law & Order as Arthur Branch, the District Attorney of New York. He quit the show to run as the Republican candidate for the United States presidency in 2008, but he did not become the candidate. He was also the host of The Fred Thompson Show, one of Westwood One's most popular talk shows.

On November 1, 2015, Thompson died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a form of cancer, at the age of 73 in Nashville, Tennessee.^[4]