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In addition to his service as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, the five-term senator was known for his stint as secretary of the Navy and marriage to Elizabeth Taylor.

© Getty Images Former GOP Sen. John Warner from Virginia, who served in Congress for five terms and played a central role in shaping military affairs legislation, has died. He was 94. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Warner’s chief of staff Carter Cornick announced the former senator’s death, and longtime chief of staff Susan A. Magill told The Associated Press that the former Navy secretary’s cause of death was heart failure.  “He was frail but had a lot of spirit until h...