2026年7月12日 / 美国东部时间凌晨3:39 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网
作者：杜阿尔特·迪亚斯
美国参议员林赛·格雷厄姆于周六晚间因“突发短期疾病”去世。
“7月11日周六晚间，美国参议员林赛·格雷厄姆因突发短期疾病离世，”他的办公室在一份声明中表示。“格雷厄姆参议员的家人对此时的祈祷表示感谢，并请求在这段极其艰难的时期内给予隐私空间。”
目前尚无格雷厄姆死亡的进一步细节，但周六晚间一通拨打该参议员住所的紧急电话录音提到，曾派出急救人员处理心脏骤停病例。
特朗普总统在Truth Social的一篇帖子中向这位已故参议员致敬，称他是“我所认识的最伟大的人物之一，也是最伟大的参议员之一”。
“他始终在工作，是一位真正的美国爱国者。林赛将被深切怀念，”特朗普先生说道。
这位知名参议员周五正在乌克兰访问，并会见了泽连斯基总统。以色列总统艾萨克·赫尔佐格在社交媒体帖子中表示，他“对这位伟大的美国爱国者、以色列的挚友以及我的好友突然离世感到震惊和心碎”。
格雷厄姆于1955年7月9日出生在南卡罗来纳州中央市。他在南卡罗来纳大学获得本科学位，并留校攻读法律学位。在服兵役和从事几年私人律师工作后，他在南卡罗来纳州众议院任职一届。两年后，他当选为美国众议院议员，代表南卡罗来纳州第三选区。
2002年，他竞选曾由斯特罗姆·瑟蒙德担任过的参议院席位，并在2008年和2014年以压倒性优势两次连任。即便在2014年，外部保守派团体因他在2013年移民辩论中的立场威胁要在初选中挑战他时，共和党阵营也未出现任何有实力的挑战者。
他在2016年竞选共和党总统候选人提名，但在初选开始前退出。
格雷厄姆在外交政策问题上始终是直言不讳的鹰派人士，包括对伊朗政策，就在本月早些时候，他还强烈反对特朗普总统与该国签署的谅解备忘录的初步框架。
格雷厄姆最初是特朗普先生和崛起的保守派茶党运动的批评者，后来成为总统的亲密盟友和捍卫者。
“让我们尝试外交解决方案。我认为这会失败。接下来会发生什么？”三周前，在与总统进行了四个半小时的会面后，他在《与玛格丽特·布伦南面对全国》节目中说道。“给所有收听的人：如果这次外交努力失败，特朗普总统将接管霍尔木兹海峡。我们将掌控它。”
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乔·沃尔什和凯亚·哈伯德为本报道撰稿。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sen-lindsey-graham-on-iran-talks-lets-try-a-diplomatic-solution-i-think-its-going-to-fail/
Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after “brief and sudden illness”
July 12, 2026 / 3:39 AM EDT / CBS News
By Duarte Dias
Senator Lindsey Graham has died on Saturday evening following a “brief and sudden illness.”
“On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.”
No further detail on Graham’s death was immediately available, but a recording of an emergency phone call on Saturday evening to a residence belonging to the senator mentions a dispatch for cardiac arrest.
President Trump paid tribute to the deceased senator, calling him “one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known,” in a Truth Social post.
“He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed,” Mr. Trump said.
The prominent senator had been on a visit to Ukraine on Friday, where he met with President Zelensky. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog said in a social media post he was “shocked and heartbroken to learn of the sudden passing of the great American patriot, a great friend of Israel, and my dear friend.”
Graham was born in Central, South Carolina, on July 9, 1955. He attended University of South Carolina for his undergraduate degree and stayed on for a law degree. After a stint in the military and a few years of private law practice, he served one term in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Two years later, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing South Carolina’s Third District.
In 2002, he ran for the Senate seat once occupied by Strom Thurmond, and twice won reelection in 2008 and 2014 by robust margins. And even in 2014 when outside conservative groups threatened him with a primary challenge for his role in the 2013 immigration debate, no serious challenger emerged on the Republican stage.
He ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 but dropped out before the primaries.
Graham was always an outspoken hawk on foreign policy matters, including on Iran, and earlier this month he came out strongly against the initial contours of the memorandum of understanding President Trump signed with the country.
Graham, initially a critic of Mr. Trump and the ascendant, conservative Tea Party movement, became a close ally and defender of the president.
“Let’s try a diplomatic solution. I think it’s going to fail. What happens next?” he said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” just three weeks ago, a couple days after spending four and a half hours with the president. “To all the people listening, if this diplomatic effort fails, President Trump is going to take the Strait of Hormuz. We’re going to run it.”
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
Joe Walsh and Kaia Hubbard contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sen-lindsey-graham-on-iran-talks-lets-try-a-diplomatic-solution-i-think-its-going-to-fail/
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