Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, 82, died Sunday at his Philadelphia home, according to a statement released Sunday by his family and confirmed by a spokesman.
Specter, who had been Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator until his retirement passed away at 11:39 a.m. from complications of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
A one-time Philadelphia district attorney before launching an illustrious career in Pennsylvania, Specter had publicly confirmed only several weeks earlier that he was again battling cancer.
