Sen. Norm Coleman's father dies
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Norm Coleman Sr., left, and his son, U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, during a fishing trip in International Falls in 2004. They are shown with fishing guide Woody Woods, standing.
Photo courtesy of Sen. Norm Coleman's office
The father of U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman has died after a battle with cancer. Norm Coleman Sr. was 82.
Sen. Coleman's spokesman says the senator is not attending Senate proceedings, to be with his family.
Norman Coleman Sr. who raised eight children in Brooklyn, New York, and ran a construction company.
He was a World War II veteran and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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