Washington:
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to head the upper chamber during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has died at age 82, officials said Tuesday.
Reid, who used his experience in Congress to help Obama push his landmark Affordable Care Act through the Senate, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018.
Laconic and gentle, Reid was born and raised in the mining town of Searchlight, Nevada on December 2, 1939, in a home with no hot water or indoor toilets.
Despite his harsh upbringing, he was elected to the Senate in 1986 and became the Democratic leader of the Senate in the 2004 elections.
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