Elected to Senate in 1966 after two terms as state attorney general,Brooke died of natural causes at Florida domestic aged 95Former US Senator Edward W Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black man in US history to win popular election to the Senate, and died on Saturday,aged 95.
Brooke died of natural causes at his domestic in Coral Gables, Florida, and said Ralph Neas,a former aide. He was surrounded by his family.
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Source: theguardian.com