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Bob Packwood, senator who resigned amid sexual misconduct scandal, dies aged 93

The moderate Republican, an advocate of abortion rights, resigned in 1995 amid accusations of sexual harassmentFormer US senator Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women’s rights was spoiled at the end of…

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The moderate Republican, an advocate of abortion rights, resigned in 1995 amid accusations of sexual harassment

Former US senator Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women’s rights was spoiled at the end of his career by allegations of sexual harassment, has died. He was 93.

Packwood’s death on Saturday was announced in an obituary sent to media outlets by his family.

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