by Charlotte Hazard
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and two-term governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson has passed away at age 75.Â
According to a statement released Saturday by the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, he passed away in his sleep at his home in Massachusetts.Â
“Governor Richardson passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. He lived his entire life in the service of others – including both his time in government and his subsequent career helping to free people held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad,” Mickey Bergman, vice president of the center said in a statement, according to ABC News.Â
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Charlotte Hazard is a 2022 Liberty University alumni who graduated with a major in journalism and a minor in government.
