{"id":2020344,"date":"2023-09-02T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-richardson-death-former-new-mexico-governor-and-u-n-ambassador-dies-at-75\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T18:53:56","slug":"bill-richardson-death-former-new-mexico-governor-and-u-n-ambassador-dies-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-richardson-death-former-new-mexico-governor-and-u-n-ambassador-dies-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Richardson, former New Mexico Governor and U.N. Ambassador, passes away at 75."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-richardson-death-former-new-mexico-governor-and-u-n-ambassador-dies-at-75%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020344&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Democratic New Mexico Governor and U.S. Ambassador to\u2064 the United Nations, Bill Richardson, Passes Away at 75<\/h2>\n<p>In a heartfelt statement on Saturday, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the \u200dorganization he founded and led, announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-friday-night-lights-coach-dead-at-73\/\" title=\"Legendary \u2018Friday Night Lights\u2019 Coach Dead At 73\">peaceful passing<\/a> of Bill\u2064 Richardson at his home in Massachusetts. The world \u2063mourns the loss of a remarkable\u2064 individual who dedicated his life to serving \u2062others.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe lived his entire life in the service of others \u2064\u2014 including both\u200b his time in\u200b government and his subsequent career helping to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-richardson-death-former-new-mexico-governor-and-u-n-ambassador-dies-at-75\/\" title=\"Bill Richardson, former New Mexico Governor and U.N. Ambassador, passes away at 75.\">free people held hostage<\/a> or\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-launch-task-force-to-bring-home-americans-held-hostage-overseas\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Launch Task Force To Bring Home Americans Held Hostage Overseas\">wrongfully detained abroad<\/a>,\u201d \u200cexpressed \u200cMickey\u200d Bergman, the center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-criminal-investigation-ramps-up-over-attempts-to-overturn-2020-election\/\" title=\"Intensified probe into election overturn attempts.\">vice\u200b president<\/a>, in a statement \u2063to\u2062 the\u200d Associated\u200b Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no person that Gov. Richardson would not speak with if \u2063it held the promise of \u2064returning a person to freedom. The world has lost a champion\u200d for those held\u200b unjustly \u200babroad and \u200bI have\u200b lost a mentor \u2064and a dear friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bill\u200c Richardson&#8217;s\u200c unwavering commitment to justice extended beyond his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lisa-murkowski-says-shed-back-manchin-over-biden-and-trump-in-2024\/\" title=\"Lisa Murkowski supports Joe Manchin over both Joe Biden and Donald Trump for the 2024 election.\">political\u200d career<\/a>. Following his time as governor, he dedicated himself to\u200b the noble cause of freeing Americans who\u200b were unjustly detained overseas.<\/p>\n<h3>A Legacy of Service<\/h3>\n<p>Prior\u2063 to his governorship, Richardson served as former President Bill Clinton\u2019s U.N. Ambassador and energy secretary. He also represented\u200b New Mexico as a congressman for an impressive 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Richardson&#8217;s\u2062 impact \u200con the world will be remembered for generations to come. His tireless efforts to bring freedom to those\u200d in captivity and\u2064 his unwavering dedication to public service have left an indelible mark on our society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Democratic New Mexico governor and US Ambassador to the UN, Bill Richardson, passed away at 75. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the organization he established, confirmed his peaceful death at his Massachusetts residence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}