Jean Carnahan, Missouri's first female U.S. senator, dies at 90: 'A fearless trailblazer'
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Former U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan, who served in the Senate from 2001 to 2002, passed away on Tuesday after a brief illness. She was 90 years old and was born in 1933.
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"She was a fearless trailblazer," the statement read. "She was brilliant, creative, compassionate and dedicated to her family and her fellow Missourians."
Carnahan's cause of death is unknown, but her family disclosed that she passed away after a brief illness.
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