LAS VEGAS (AP) — Howard Cannon, a World War II hero and later a powerful U.S. senator who was the target of a notorious bribery attempt, died Wednesday. He was 90.
Cannon had been in ill health in recent years and died of congestive heart failure at a hospice he had entered on Monday, a family spokesman said.
His two children were with him when he died, said Micki Flansburg, a friend of the family.
"It's a sad day for Nevada," Mayor Oscar Goodman said. "He represents the best in Nevada."
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Cannon's life resulted in great progress for the state and nation, said Mike O'Callaghan, former two-term Nevada governor and Las Vegas Sun executive editor who worked for Cannon as a legislative aide.