Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a courtly figure and longtime military expert whose marriage to Elizabeth Taylor gave him a potent dash of starpower, has died at 94.
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John Warner married actress Elizabeth Taylor in 1976, the year of the Bicentennial, a marriage that made headlines around the world. Taylor campaigned with Warner, a Republican, during his first campaign for Senate in 1978. They divorced in 1982. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
ALEXANDRIA, VA John Warner, the five-term U.S. senator from Virginia who was married to actress Elizabeth Taylor, has died in Alexandria at 94.
Warner, who was born and grew up in Washington, D.C., died of heart failure, according to reports.
A World War II and Korean War veteran, Warner was appointed under-secretary of the Navy in the Nixon administration. While in the Senate, he served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2007.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a former Navy secretary who was once married to Elizabeth Taylor, has died at 94.
Warner died Tuesday of heart failure at home in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and daughter at his side, his longtime chief of staff, Susan A. Magill, said Wednesday.
“He was frail but had a lot of spirit and was involved until his last days,” Magill said.
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