flag and flowers in memory of the late U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.Įnglish teacher Derek Davis from the U.S. No date has been set for his funeral but he will be laid to rest at the U.S. Shortly after 7pm local time a hearse left the senator's beloved Hidden Valley estate and led a motorcade as McCain's body was removed from the family home to be transported to Phoenix, with a number of people seen lining the route. His daughter Meghan McCain wrote a heartbreaking tribute to her dad that was titlted: 'I love you forever, my beloved father'. 'He passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the place he loved best.' I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years,' Cindy McCain wrote on Twitter. No further details were immediately provided. At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years.'
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With the senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family.
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His family had announced on Friday that McCain was discontinuing further cancer treatment.Ī statement from his office on Saturday said: 'Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28 p.m. He also had surgery for an intestinal infection in April of this year. senator from Arizona for over three decades, had been battling glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, discovered by his doctors in July 2017, and had not been at the U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said. John McCain of Arizona spent decades in Congress and was known as a bit of a maverick conservative McCain is survived by his wife, Cindy, seven children and several grandchildrenīy Sheila Flynn For and Will Metcalfe For and Wire Reports.McCain served in Congress for more than 30 years and made two unsuccessful bids for the US presidency as a Republican candidate.He was released in 1973 following the Paris Peace Accords, which ended direct US military involvement in Vietnam, and returned home with extensive injuries.McCain was shot down in 1967 and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war, refusing release until all POWs captured before him had been freed.He followed their example and attended the United States Naval Academy before training as a naval pilot and volunteering for Vietnam combat missions.McCain hailed from a decorated military family both his father and grandfather were four-star admirals in the United States Navy.Donald Trump did post a tribute but did NOT mention senator's achievements - it is understood he has not been invited to McCain's funeral.Tributes were paid by wife Cindy, daughter Meghan, and opponents.Known as a 'maverick' senator drew respect from all sides due to commitment to his principles.John Sidney McCain III, died at home in Hidden Valley, in Sedona, Arizona, surrounded by his wife Cindy and his family at 4:28pm on Saturday.John McCain's body is given a police escort as it's taken to Phoenix from his Arizona ranch following the death of the maverick senator aged 81 after a year-long battle with brain cancer