U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died on the evening of July 11, 2026, after a brief and sudden illness, his office said. He was 71.
Graham had met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv earlier that same day, the BBC News reported, and had returned to the United States before his death. NPR said his office attributed the cause to a sudden illness with no further detail.
The Financial Times described Graham as one of the most influential and hawkish Republicans in the Senate.