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Former United States Senator Richard Lugar died, over the weekend. Lugar, who was Indiana’s longest-running statesman, died on Sunday, at 87 years old. A former two-term mayor of Indianapolis, Lugar served as a U.S. Senator for Indiana, from 1977 to 2013. During his 36-year career in the Senate, Lugar co-authored the Nunn-Lugar Act, in 1991, along with Georgia Democrat Sam …