Senator John McCain dies at 81

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The Arizona senator and war hero turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to the GOP presidential nomination in 2008.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9808446d) US flags fly at half-staff around the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, USA, 26 August 2018. Flags were flown at half-staff honoring Republican Senator John McCain who passed away at his home in Cornville, Arizona, USA, on 25 August 2018, at the age of 81. His family announced on 24 August 2018, that he discontinued treatment for an aggressive brain cancer. McCain, a former Naval aviator, was shot down on a mission over Hanoi, in North Vietnam, in October 1967, and made a prisoner of war (POW) until 1973. He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama. Flags at Half-Staff Over the White House for McCain, Washington, USA - 26 Aug 2018

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