Bill Richardson, Champion of Americans Held Overseas, Dies at 75

Bill Richardson, who served two terms as governor of New Mexico and 14 years as a congressman before devoting himself to the cause of Americans who were being held hostage or who he believed were being wrongfully detained overseas, died on Friday at his summer home in Chatham, Mass., on Cape Cod. He was 75.

His death was announced by the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded. The cause was not given.

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