Jim Sasser, the last Democrat to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate, who later went on to serve as U.S. Ambassador to China during the Clinton administration, died on Tuesday. He was 87.

Jim Sasser, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee and U.S. ambassador to China, died at 87 in his Chapel Hill, North Carolina, home on Tuesday, according to his family.

James Sasser, senator and envoy to China amid tense era, dies at 87. The former senator from Tennessee was trapped in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing for days during 1999 protests over NATO attacks ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Sasser, who served 18 years in the U.S. Senate and six years as ambassador to China, has died. He was 87.

According to Gray Sasser, Jim’s son, the former lawmaker died Tuesday, Sept. 10, at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Associated Press reported Jim died of an apparent heart attack.

James Sasser, a three-term Democratic senator from Tennessee who, with no background in diplomacy or Chinese affairs, thrived as President Bill Clinton's ambassador to China in the late 1990s ...

Jim Sasser has died. The former U.S. senator, lawyer and military man who served as U.S. ambassador to China during the Bill Clinton administration was respected for his pleasant demeanor and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Former Tennessee Sen. Jim Sasser died this week. He was 87. Sasser was the last Democrat to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate starting in 1977.

Former U.S. Senator Jim Sasser died Tuesday at his North Carolina home at the age of 87. He died days before his 88th birthday. Sasser grew up in Nashville, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Sasser, who served 18 years in the U.S. Senate and six years as ambassador to China, has died. He was 87. Gray Sasser, his ...