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Jon Kyl, former senator, dies at 84
The gist
Former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl died at his Phoenix home Wednesday night at 84.
He spent 26 years on Capitol Hill as a quiet but effective policy operator.
How it unfolded
- Apr 25, 1942Jon Kyl was born in Oakland, Nebraska, and grew up in a rural farming district in Iowa that his father represented in the U.S. House.
- 1966Kyl graduated from the James E. Rogers College of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Arizona Law Review.
- 1980As a lawyer representing a large water utility, Kyl was a key participant in shaping Arizona's 1980 groundwater code.