Orrin Hatch Dead At 88; Ex-Utah Senator Appeared In ‘Traffic’ & ‘Murphy Brown’
24.04.2022 - 08:45
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Former Republican Senator Orrin Hatch passed away today at the age of 88. The cause of death has not yet been made public
The longest serving GOP Senator in American history and at one point third in the Presidential succession line, Hatch represented Utah from the first year of Jimmy Carter’s lone term to the second year of Donald Trump’s one and only term in the White House. “Senator Hatch passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family,” said a statement in part from the Hatch Foundation today.
A fierce partisan politician for conservative causes and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host in 2018, Hatch dabbled in the film and TV industry on both sides of the camera.
Having appeared in the likes of a 1993 episode of Murphy Brown, Parks and Recreation and Steven Soderbergh’s 200 film Traffic as himself, hardcore copyright law enforcer Hatch also contributed songs to the soundtracks of 2001’s Rat Race and 2004’s Ocean’s Twelve. During his long tenure in the Senate, including when he served as president pro tempore of the Senate starting in 2015, Homestead, Pennsylvania-born and LDS Church-raised Hatch recorded a number of songs and albums.
On the flip side, Frank Zappa’s 1988 album Guitar had an instrumental song called “Orrin Hatch On Skis” on it.
Having worked relentless for various Republican POYUS’ to ensure the current extremely conservative majority on the Supreme Court and women’s reproductive rights were curtailed Brigham Young University grad from humble beginnings retired from the Senate in January 2019. Today the man who succeed Hatch in his seat paid respect to his predecessor via social media:
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