William Armstrong, Ex-U.S. Senator For Colorado, Dies At 79

DENVER (CBS4)– William L. Armstrong, a Colorado media executive who became a major conservative voice in the Senate, died Tuesday after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 79.
A devout Christian as well as a staunch conservative, Armstrong served as director of the evangelical group Campus Crusade for Christ after retiring from the Senate in 1991 and later as president of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado.
Armstrong was first elected to the Senate in 1978 and served tw