Ken Starr, who investigated Bill Clinton over Monica Lewinsky affair, dies at 76

Kenneth Starr in November 1998 at a House judiciary committee hearing. He died from complications from surgery, his family said. Photograph: Doug Mills/AP

Ken Starr, the lawyer who relentlessly pursued Bill Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, has died at the age of 76, according to a statement issued by his family.

Starr was a prosecutor whose Whitewater investigation led to the impeachment of former Democratic president Clinton, in 1998. He died on Tuesday at Baylor St Luke’s medical center in Houston, of complications from surgery, the statement said.