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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_SasserJim Sasser - Wikipedia

    James Ralph Sasser (September 30, 1936 – September 10, 2024) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

  2. www.nbcnews.com › politics › politics-newsJim Sasser, Tennessee senator and ambassador to China, has died -...

    Sep 11, 2024 · Jim Sasser, who represented Tennessee for 18 years in the U.S. Senate and served for six years as ambassador to China under President Bill Clinton, has died at 87.

  3. news.vanderbilt.edu › 2024/09/13 › u-s-senator-and-ambassadorU.S. senator and ambassador Jim Sasser, BA'58, JD'61, dies

    Sep 13, 2024 · James R. Sasser, BA’58, JD’61, a former three-term U.S. senator from Tennessee and ambassador to China, died Sept. 10 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was a statesman who loved Tennessee and the U.S. Senate and believed in public service; he was 87.

  4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/09/11 › usJames Sasser, Senator and Clinton’s Envoy to China, Dies at 87

    Sep 11, 2024 · James Sasser, a three-term Democratic senator from Tennessee who, with no background in diplomacy or Chinese affairs, thrived as President Bill Clinton’s ambassador to China in the late 1990s...

  5. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/09/12James Sasser, senator and envoy to China amid tense era, dies at...

    Sep 12, 2024 · James Sasser, a three-term Democratic senator from Tennessee who as President Bill Clinton’s ambassador to Beijing helped reset relations until outrage over Chinese deaths from a NATO...

  6. www.yahoo.com › news › jim-sasser-three-term-u-164034108Jim Sasser, three-term U.S. Senator from Tennessee and former ...

    Sep 11, 2024 · Jim Sasser, the last Democrat to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate, who later went on to serve as U.S. Ambassador to China during the Clinton administration, died on Tuesday....

  7. nashvillebanner.com › 2024/09/12 › jim-sasser-democrat-senatorFormer Senator Jim Sasser passes away at 87 - Nashville Banner

    Sep 12, 2024 · Sen. Jim Sasser, who rode one wave to Congress in the 1970s and was carried out on another two decades later, died late Tuesday at 87, leaving a legacy of public service among Tennesseans.

  8. www.yahoo.com › news › jim-sasser-tennessee-last-democraticJim Sasser, Tennessee’s last Democratic U.S. senator, dies at 87...

    Sep 11, 2024 · Jim Sasser, a three-term representative from Tennessee to the U.S. Senate and former chair of the state Democratic Party, died Tuesday at 87. Sasser was the last Democrat to...

  9. apnews.com › article › jim-sasser-died-obituary-tennessee-f12Tennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser has died

    Sep 11, 2024 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Sasser, who served 18 years in the U.S. Senate and six years as ambassador to China, has died. He was 87. Gray Sasser, his son, said his father died Tuesday evening at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., of an apparent heart attack.

  10. www.yahoo.com › news › tennessee-senator-ambassador-china-jimTennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser has died -...

    Sep 11, 2024 · Jim Sasser, who served 18 years in the U.S. Senate and six years as ambassador to China, has died. Gray Sasser, his son, said his father died Tuesday evening at his home in Chapel...