Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms Dies At 86

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 07/04/2008 - 10:34am

Co-host Ari Shapiro talks with NPR's Political Editor Ken Rudin about the death of former Sen. Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican who served five terms in the U.S.

Senate before retiring in 2003. Helms died Friday in North Carolina. He was 86.

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