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International desk: US Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81.<\/p>\nInternational desk: US Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81.<\/p>\n
Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office.<\/p>\n
He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017 and had been undergoing medical treatment.<\/p>\n
His family announced Mr McCain, who left Washington in December, had decided to stop treatment on Friday.<\/p>\n
Mr McCain's daughter Meghan said the task of her lifetime would now be “to live up to his example, his expectations, and his love”.<\/p>\n
“The days and years to come will not be the same without my dad – but they will be good days, filled with life and love, because of the example he lived for us,” she wrote in a statement shared on Twitter.<\/p>\n
The six-term senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee was diagnosed after doctors discovered his tumour during surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye last July.<\/p>\n
The son and grandson of Navy admirals, Mr McCain was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War. When his plane was shot down, he spent more than five years as a prisoner of war.<\/p>\n
While in the custody of his captors, he suffered torture that left him with lasting disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
International desk: US Senator John McCain, the Vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. Mr McCain died on Saturday surrounded by his family, according to a short statement released by his office. He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017 and had been undergoing medical treatment. His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":46787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n