Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies

Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies

Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.

WASHINGTON — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75.

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