{"id":2020432,"date":"2023-09-02T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-new-mexico-governor-dead-at-75-was-recently-nominated-for-nobel-prize\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:47:00","slug":"former-new-mexico-governor-dead-at-75-was-recently-nominated-for-nobel-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-new-mexico-governor-dead-at-75-was-recently-nominated-for-nobel-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Governor of New Mexico, 75, Passes Away; Nobel Prize Nominee"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fformer-new-mexico-governor-dead-at-75-was-recently-nominated-for-nobel-prize%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=2020432&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 New Mexico Governor Dead at 75, Was Recently Nominated for \u2063Nobel Prize<\/h2>\n<p>Former New Mexico \u2064governor and United Nations \u200bambassador Bill Richardson passed away Saturday at the age of\u200b 75.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson had recently \u200cbeen <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/4171938-bill-richardson-nominated-nobel-peace-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nominated<\/a> for \u200ca Nobel Peace Prize\u200b for his involvement in bringing basketball \u200cplayer Brittney Griner\u200c back to the U.S. after she was detained in\u2064 Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Mickey\u200b Bergman, vice president \u2064of the Richardson Center, said in a statement that Richardson \u201cpassed away peacefully in his sleep,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/obituaries\/former-new-mexico-governor-bill-richardson-dead-75-rcna103126#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe lived his \u200centire \u2062life in \u200cthe service of others \u2014 \u2063including \u2062both his\u2063 time in government and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-new-mexico-governor-dead-at-75-was-recently-nominated-for-nobel-prize\/\" title=\"Ex-Governor of New Mexico, 75, Passes Away; Nobel Prize Nominee\">subsequent career helping<\/a> to\u200c <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> \u2062or <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\u2062 Bergman said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Richardson was born in Pasadena, California, and later grew up in Mexico City before moving to New \u200bMexico, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bill-richardson-un-ambassador-new-mexico-governor-c1e6ed9705564452824d537293945662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated \u2062Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2064 worked as a Capitol Hill\u200d staffer\u200d before running for a congressional \u2064seat in \u20631980, which he lost. Richardson ran \u2064again in 1982 and won, holding office from 1983 to 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson served as secretary of energy and UN ambassador under President Bill Clinton. He was elected governor of New\u200d Mexico in\u2064 2002 and then ran for\u2063 president in 2008, \u2064but later dropped out.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2062 Barack \u2062Obama nominated Richardson \u2063as commerce secretary, but \u200bhe declined after a federal investigation was\u200d opened into his time as governor \u2062over \u201cpay to play\u201d allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson also came under scrutiny during his time as energy secretary\u2064 after computer equipment and nuclear information went missing from Los Alamos\u200b National Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson\u2019s\u2062 expertise\u200c from his \u2062time at the UN\u2063 made\u2063 him an unofficial diplomat.<\/p>\n<p>He aided \u200bin \u200dthe \u2062release of hostages \u200dand American service members from countries such as North Korea, Iraq, Cuba, Sudan \u2064and,\u2064 most recently, Russia when he worked to free\u2062 Griner in exchange \u2064for notorious\u2064 Russian arms \u200ddealer\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russias-merchant-death-reveals-told-brittney-griner-prisoner-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viktor Bout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson also founded and presided \u200bover the \u200cRichardson Center, a nonprofit that works for global peace \u2064using \u200binformal diplomatic \u200dchannels, according to \u2064the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardsondiplomacy.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u200d was no\u2063 person \u200bthat \u2063Governor \u2064Richardson would not speak with if \u2063it held the promise \u200cof\u200c returning a person to freedom,\u201d Bergman said. \u201cThe world has\u2063 lost a \u2062champion for\u200d those held unjustly\u200c abroad \u200cand I have lost a mentor\u2063 and a dear \u200dfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by \u2064the \u200dDaily Caller News\u2063 Foundation,\u2063 an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-issues-warning-to-trump-weeks-before-first-gop-debate\/\" title=\"RNC Chair warns Trump ahead of first GOP debate.\">nonpartisan \u200dnewswire service<\/a>, is available without\u200b charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> \u2063that can provide a large audience. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All republished articles must\u2062 include our logo, \u200dour reporter\u2019s byline\u2062 and\u200c their DCNF affiliation. For\u2062 any \u2062questions \u2064about our \u2063guidelines or \u2062partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-new-mexico-governor-dead-75-recently-nominated-nobel-prize\/\">Former New Mexico \u2062Governor Dead at 75,\u200c Was Recently Nominated\u200d for Nobel Prize<\/a> appeared first on \u200c <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New Mexico governor and UN ambassador Bill Richardson died at 75. He was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for helping bring back basketball player Brittney Griner from Russia. 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