Joe Lieberman, who represented the Nutmeg State in Washington for 24 years and was the Democratic Party’s 2000 vice presidential nominee, has died.

Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who represented the Nutmeg State in Washington for 24 years and was the Democratic Party’s 2000 vice presidential nominee, has died. He was 82. A statement from Lieberman’s family said he passed away Wednesday in New York after suffering complications from a fall. The former senator’s death was first reported by Punchbowl News. “Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest,” the family statement read.