Yea, yea, yea, I know. Pretty cold. But in a way the headline is as much truthful as he was conservative. With him goes his hateful, racist, narrow minded ideas. The next generation is one step closer to being able to make a change.
Conservative Jesse Helms Dead at 86
Raleigh, N.C. - Jesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.
He joins the second, third and fifth presidents of the United States – John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe – who also died on Independence Day.
He was 86. His cause of death was not released. Helms will lie in repose on Monday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Hayes-Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh. His funeral is at 2 p.m. Tuesday also at the church. A private burial will follow.
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