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    Fred Thompson

    American politician and actor

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  1. Freddie Dalton Thompson [1] [2] [3] (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003.

  2. Apr 29, 2024 · Fred Thompson (born August 19, 1942, Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.—died November 1, 2015, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American actor and politician, who served as a member of the U.S. Senate (1994–2003) and who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008.

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  3. Fred Thompson, the former U.S. senator from Tennessee and acclaimed film and television actor who first gained national prominence as a lawyer on the Senate committee that investigated...

  4. Nov 1, 2015 · Nov. 1, 2015. Fred D. Thompson, a former United States senator, actor and Republican presidential candidate, died on Sunday in Nashville. He was 73. The cause was a recurrence of lymphoma,...

  5. Nov 1, 2015 · Nation Nov 1, 2015 6:57 PM EDT. Fred Thompson, a former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential candidate, as well as a film and television actor, died Sunday, his family said. According to...

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  7. Nov 2, 2015 · CNN — He had a formidable presence both on the U.S. Senate floor and the movie screen. Now family and friends from Washington to Hollywood are mourning the death of Fred Thompson. The former...

  8. Nov 1, 2015 · Thompson, a towering, burly man with a deep, Southern-inflected voice, parlayed his fame as a key investigator of the Watergate scandal into a TV and movie career before he was elected to finish...