Editors: Cronkite News is making our coverage of Sen. John McCain’s death available to you today. We are also pleased to offer a Spanish version of the reaction story that was produced by our Noticias staff, as well as a documentary-length video from Arizona PBS. If you have questions on news stories, please contact Steve Crane in the Washington, D.C., bureau at 202-684-2398 or steve.crane@asu.edu, or call the Phoenix bureau: Executive Editor Christina Leonard at 602-361-5893 or christina.leonard@asu.edu or Content Editor Venita James at venita.hawthorne.james@asu.edu. As always, our stories, photos and other content will be available on our client site at cronkitenews.jmc.asu.edu/clients.
Sen. John McCain dies, leaving a legacy of leadership
PHOENIX – John McCain, the six-term Arizona senator who went from defiant prisoner of war to straight-talking Republican presidential candidate and conservative ideologist, died Saturday little more than a year after doctors diagnosed him with brain cancer. He was 81. McCain began his public life as an outsider, but he morphed into an Arizona icon with national and international reach by the end of his career. McCain, the GOP’s nominee for president in 2008, believed in American involvement on foreign soil, robust health care for veterans and a pro-business approach to environmental rights. State and national leaders and residents responded to news of McCain’s death with sorrow and tributes.
Slug: BC-CNS-McCain Obit. 2,270 words. By Kianna Gardner and Chris McCrory.
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Arizona está de luto, fallece John McCain
PHOENIX – El senador republicano John McCain conocido por su particular estilo de disentir en la política, muchas veces sin importar si era con su propio partido, falleció en Arizona después de una lucha contra el cáncer de poco más de un año. McCain tenía 81 años y tuvo una extensa carrera tras ser re-electo seis veces a su puesto.
Slug: BC-CNS-McCain Spanish. 850 words. By Charlene Santiago.
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McCain react: ‘We are a better, stronger country because of him’
PHOENIX – Sen. John McCain, a six-term senator and Vietnam War hero, died Saturday, a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer and four days before he would have turned 82. U.S., Arizona and world leaders, from the political realm to the sports world, shared condolences and thoughts on McCain’s legacy. Gov. Doug Ducey ordered all flags lowered to half-staff to honor the longtime Arizona politician. Fellow Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake called McCain a hero and President Donald Trump – who caused a flap in the 2016 campaign when he said McCain was not a hero – expressed “deepest sympathies” on Twitter.
Slug: BC-CNS-McCain React. 980 words. By Chris McCrory.
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‘You are not forgotten’: Arizona residents honor John McCain
PHOENIX – Across Arizona, as the sun set on a motorcade carrying the body of Sen. John McCain toward Phoenix, others honored him in words and in actions. An engineer lowered flags at the state Capitol, a woman sobbed as the motorcade passed her along Interstate 17 and leaders of the Vietnamese community remembered him as a fighter for freedom. People stopped by McCain’s Phoenix office on Saturday night to pay respects, bringing flowers, candles, balloons and a symbol of McCain’s service to the country – an anchor.
Slug: BC-CNS-McCain Vignettes. 1,830 words. By Cronkite News staff.