{"id":2020456,"date":"2023-09-02T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-new-mexico-governor-bill-richardson-dead-at-75\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T17:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:30:05","slug":"former-new-mexico-governor-bill-richardson-dead-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-new-mexico-governor-bill-richardson-dead-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Richardson, former New Mexico Governor, 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\">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-bill-richardson-dead-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=2020456&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 \u2062New\u200b Mexico\u200b Democrat Governor\u200d Bill Richardson Passes\u200b Away at 75<\/h2>\n<p>It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of \u200cformer New Mexico Democrat \u2063Governor\u200b Bill \u2063Richardson. At\u200c the age of 75, Richardson left\u200d behind a legacy\u200c of public service\u200b and\u200c dedication.<\/p>\n<p>During his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serena-williams-forced-to-retire-from-wimbledon-in-first-round-because-of-injury\/\" title=\"Serena Williams Forced To Retire From Wimbledon In First Round Because Of Injury\">illustrious career<\/a>, \u2063Richardson\u200d served as a \u2062U.N. Ambassador \u2064during the Clinton administration and even ran for \u200bpresident in 2008. He also represented \u2064New Mexico&#8217;s \u200d3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives for an impressive 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson&#8217;s death was confirmed by Mickey\u200c Bergman, Vice President \u2063of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. He peacefully passed\u200b away in\u2063 his sleep \u200dat his home in Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape\u200d Cod.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe\u200d lived his entire life\u200c in\u2062 the service of others\u2013including\u200c both his time in government and his subsequent \u2062career helping to free people \u2063held \u200chostage or <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 said Bergman. \u201cThere was no person that Governor Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise of \u200creturning a person \u2063to freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Virginia \u2064Giuffre, who\u200c accused \u2064Jeffrey\u2062 Epstein of sex\u2064 trafficking her, made a\u2062 sworn deposition in\u200c 2016 alleging\u2064 that Richardson was involved. \u2064However, Richardson was never charged with a crime,\u2062 and his \u2063spokesperson vehemently denied the allegations,\u200c calling\u200d them &#8220;completely false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, who previously held the same\u200d U.S. House seat as Richardson, paid \u2062tribute\u2062 to him in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Richardson\u2062 was a giant\u200d in public service and government \u2014 \u2062serving \u200das a member of Congress, United Nations Ambassador, Cabinet Secretary,\u200d and governor,\u201d Luj\u00e1n\u200d said. \u2063\u201cIn his post-government \u2064career, he was trusted to handle some of \u200cthe most sensitive diplomatic \u200dcrises, and he did so\u200d with great success. Here\u200c in\u2062 New Mexico, we will always remember him as our governor. He never stopped\u2063 fighting for the state he\u200c called home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New Mexico Governor\u2064 Michelle Lujan Grisham also\u2062 expressed her admiration\u200d for Richardson&#8217;s contributions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe saw \u200cus taking on Hollywood and reaching for the stars, launching both\u200d the film and space industries that continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-new-mexico-governor-bill-richardson-dead-at-75\/\" title=\"Bill Richardson, former New Mexico Governor, passes away at 75.\">reap significant economic benefits today<\/a>,\u201d she said. \u201cHis reputation\u2062 preceded him around the globe: Bill Richardson is someone who gets things done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Richardson&#8217;s impact on \u2063New Mexico and the world will not be forgotten. He\u200c leaves \u2064behind \u2063a legacy of service,\u2064 dedication, and \u2063a commitment \u2062to\u2064 making a \u2064difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, a Democrat, passed away at 75. He served as a U.N. Ambassador, ran for president in 2008, and represented New Mexico&#8217;s 3rd District in the U.S. House for 14 years. Mickey Bergman, VP of the Richardson Center, confirmed the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2020457,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2020456","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}