The Arizona senator shepherded the confirmation of conservative supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh
Jon Kyl, a Republican former US senator from Arizona who shepherded conservative supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh through his confirmation hearing, died Thursday at 84, his family announced.
The cause was complications from a neurological disease, according to a statement. Last December, Kyl announced that he had been diagnosed with dementia.
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