People from the political and entertainment worlds are coming together to remember former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, who passed away Sunday after a long battle with lymphoma. Thompson left behind a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on "Law & Order," died Sunday, his family said.

Former U.S. senator Fred Thompson, a folksy Tennessee lawyer whose career led him from politics to Hollywood and back again, died Sunday. He was 73. Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, ...

Fred Thompson has died at age 73. He is known to the political world as a Watergate Committee counsel, a U.S. senator for eight years, a Republican presidential candidate in the 2008 cycle; and he is ...

We’re joined this week by former US Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Fred Thompson. Senator Thompson discusses his role in the Watergate scandal as a lawyer, the ongoing IRS Scandal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Fred Thompson, a former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who briefly ran for president and straddled the world of politics and entertainment with a prolific ...

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Can we afford to appease Saddam? Kick the can down the road? Thank goodness we have a president with the courage to protect our country, says Fred Thompson, during his 30-second TV ads. The former ...