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Amy & T.J.

BREAKING: Sen. Lindsey Graham Dead at 71 From "Sudden Illness"

Amy & T.J.

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4.43.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We are waking up to the shocking news that four term U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham has died from what his office is calling a “brief and sudden illness.” Dispatch calls refer to a cardiac situation and describe CPR being performed on the Senator. We go over Graham’s remarkable political career, including the fact that he was just in Ukraine on Friday meeting with President Zelensky and what happens next in the race to replace him.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

0:06.1

Hey that, folks. It is Sunday, July 12th, and we are hopping on to bring you this breaking

0:12.0

news episode, one of the most prominent members of the Senate, one of the most famous

0:18.0

members of the Senate, one of the closest allies to the president, Lindsay Graham, has died at the age of 71.

0:26.3

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. just broke. What was your reaction? I kind of nudged you this morning, kind of whispered in your ear to let you know this had happened. Just first reaction.

0:37.4

I was shocked because

0:39.0

he's 71. He just turned 71 and by everything I've seen and heard and read, he was active. He was

0:49.0

scheduled to be on Meet the Press this morning. I just had not heard that he was even ill.

0:56.2

It didn't, it wasn't on anyone's radar.

0:59.1

And rogues, you say that no indications.

1:01.4

This guy looked tireless.

1:03.9

We have seen him on TV.

1:06.1

We have seen him in committee meetings.

1:08.0

We have seen him on international trips.

1:12.7

We see him robes everywhere engaged in every significant issue in U.S. policy. And so we wake up, all of a sudden, Lindsay Graham is dead at 71. Robs,

1:21.5

you're right. This guy show no. Like, there are plenty of senators, some currently, that show signs

1:27.3

of slowing down.

1:29.1

Robs, this is why this one became so shocking.

1:31.9

This was an active, robust member of the Senate.

1:35.7

Yes.

1:36.1

In fact, I think one of the first things I said was, if you had told me Mitch McConnell had died, I would have been, that wouldn't have been a surprise.

1:43.5

That's kind of what everyone is waiting to hear news of, or at have been, that wouldn't have been a surprise. That's kind of what everyone is

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