Former Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., who served nearly three decades on Capitol Hill, culminating in his chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee, has died at the age of 77.
His longtime former chief of staff, Drey Samuelson, announced Johnson’s death Tuesday on Facebook.
“It’s with great sadness that I write these words: our former boss, our good friend, Tim Johnson, has departed this life,” Samuelson wrote. “He died a few hours ago, surrounded by his family, but also surrounded by the love and admiration that all of us have felt for him for many years.”
