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Share July 30, 2021, 2:46 PM Politicians tributes to Carl Levin are just part of today s reactions to the widely admired ex-senator s death at 87. Less formal sentiments flow from ordinary folks touched by his actions, his humanity and his humor.
Carl Levin in 2014 on Off the Record, a Lansing public television program.
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Carl Levin, Michigan s longest serving U.S. senator, dies at 87
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Carl Levin, a liberal Democrat who rose from a prominent Detroit family to become Michigan’s longest-serving U.S. senator and helped set military priorities and investigate corporate behavior for decades before retiring in 2015, died Thursday. He was 87.
The Levin Center at Wayne State University, which was formed on the senator s behalf after he left the Senate, put out a statement late Thursday, saying, With great sadness and heavy hearts, the (center and family) announce the passing of Senator Carl Levin.
Levin disclosed in his recently published memoir, Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate, that he was diagnosed with lung cancer nearly four years ago, when he was 83.
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.