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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Scott McFetridge

Former US Sen. Dick Clark, an Iowa Democrat known for helping Vietnam War refugees, has died at 95

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Former U.S. Sen. Dick Clark, a Democrat who unexpectedly won a single term representing Iowa in the 1970s after campaigning by walking around the state, and who later played a key role in aiding refugees after the Vietnam War, has died. He was 95.

Clark died Wednesday at his home in Washington, said his daughter, Julie Clark Mendoza.

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