Jon Kyl, former Republican US senator who served three terms, dies aged 84
Jon Kyl speaking at the 2018 John J Rhodes lecture at Arizona State University at the Galvin Playhouse in Tempe, Arizona. Photograph: Gage Skidmore/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenJon Kyl speaking at the 2018 John J Rhodes lecture at Arizona State University at the Galvin Playhouse in Tempe, Arizona. Last December, Kyl announced that he had been diagnosed with dementia.“We know that Jon belonged to all of Arizona, a state he loved and explored with vigor, curiosity and wonder.
- ▪Jon Kyl speaking at the 2018 John J Rhodes lecture at Arizona State University at the Galvin Playhouse in Tempe, Arizona.
- ▪Photograph: Gage Skidmore/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenJon Kyl speaking at the 2018 John J Rhodes lecture at Arizona State University at the Galvin Playhouse in Tempe, Arizona.
- ▪Last December, Kyl announced that he had been diagnosed with dementia.“We know that Jon belonged to all of Arizona, a state he loved and explored with vigor, curiosity and wonder.
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Jon Kyl speaking at the 2018 John J Rhodes lecture at Arizona State University at the Galvin Playhouse in Tempe, Arizona. Photograph: Gage Skidmore/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenJon Kyl speaking at the 2018 John J Rhodes lecture at Arizona State University at the Galvin Playhouse in Tempe, Arizona. Photograph: Gage Skidmore/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockArizonaJon Kyl, former Republican US senator who served three terms, dies aged 84The Arizona senator shepherded the confirmation of conservative supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh Chris Stein in WashingtonThu 17 Sep 2026 13.26 EDTLast modified on Thu 17 Sep 2026 13.36 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleJon Kyl, a Republican former US senator from Arizona who shepherded conservative supreme court justice Brett…
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