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Leaders react to the death of former Michigan Sen. Carl Levin
Levin was 87 years old
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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., attends a news conference about the release of a Pentagon report on sexual assault in the military, at the Capitol in Washington. Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice for the military during his career as Michigans longest-serving U.S. senator, has died. The Democrat was 87. Levins family says Levin died Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Former Sen. Carl Levin, Michigan’s longest serving senator, has died.
Carl Levin, the Senate Scourge of Corporate America, Dies at 87
The longest-serving U.S. senator in Michigan history, Mr. Levin was regarded by colleagues and Washington observers as a paragon of probity.
Senator Carl Levin of Michigan in 2007.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
July 29, 2021
Carl Levin, a liberal Michigan Democrat who served 36 years in the Senate and scared the wits out of America’s biggest C.E.O.s by demanding explanations for shadowy schemes that hid billions in profits overseas and avoided vast corporate taxes at home, died on Thursday in Detroit. He was 87.
His death was confirmed by the Levin Center at Wayne State University. Mr. Levin had disclosed in March that he had lung cancer, Jim Townsend, a spokesman for the family, said.
Michigan s longest serving US Senator Carl Levin dies at 87
By Mike Householder, Corey Williams and David Eggert
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Carl Levin, Michigan s longest-serving senator, has died.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice for the military during his career as Michigan s longest-serving U.S. senator, has died.
The Democrat was 87. His family says Levin died Thursday.
A Washington insider, Levin took a civil but straightforward approach to governance, and he worked effectively with Republicans and fellow Democrats. He was a longtime member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and co-chaired the Senate Auto Caucus, which promoted policies benefiting the domestic car industry.
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July 29, 2021
Senator Levin represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate from Jan. 1979 to Jan. 2015.
According to a statement released by the Levin Center at Wayne State University Thursday, “With great sadness and heavy hearts, the Levin family at Wayne Law announce the passing of Senator Carl Levin–a dearly beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, and life-long public servant.”
The Levin Center says Senator Levin “fought with compassion to extend and ensure the American promise to all” for over six decades.
They say Senator Levin’s legacy “extends to every corner of Michigan, including the preservation of the Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Upper Peninsula’s mining and maritime history, cleaner Great Lake and Michigan streams, a beautiful Detroit Riverwalk; and an American auto industry that is stronger for his tireless support.”