Former Sen. Harris Wofford Passes Away At Age 92

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania, a civil rights activist who staged an upset Senate win in 1991, has died. He was 92.
Wofford died late Monday night of complications from a fall in his Washington, D.C., apartment, his son, Daniel Wofford, said.
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Wofford had joined the Senate in 1991, appointed to fill the Senate vacancy created by the death of Republican John Heinz.