Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson Dies
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson died at age 75 on Friday. Bill Richardson was also the UN ambassador during the Clinton administration.
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| Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson speaks to reporters after a news conference in New York in 2021. (Photo: Seth Wenig/AP) |
According to the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the former Secretary of Energy died peacefully in his sleep at his summer home in Massachusetts.
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"He devoted his entire life serving others — including his reign and subsequent career helping free people held hostage or unlawfully held overseas," Richardson Center vice president Mickey Bergman said in a statement.
"There's no one Governor Richardson wouldn't talk to if they promised to restore someone's freedom."
He added: "The world has lost a defender for those unjustly detained abroad and I have lost a mentor and a good friend."