Fred Thompson, 'Law & Order' Actor and Former Senator, Dies at 73   
       
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   Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator for Tennessee and actor who starred on   
   "Law & Order" from 2002-2007, died Sunday of lymphoma in Nashville, his family   
   said in a statement. He was 73.   
       
   "It is with a heavy heart and a deep sense of grief that we share the passing   
   of our brother, husband, father, and grandfather who died peacefully in   
   Nashville surrounded by his family," reads the statement to ABC affiliate Wkrn.   
       
   Thompson was also a Gop presidential candidate at one point, in addition to a   
   Watergate attorney. He played D.A. Arthur Branch on "Law & Order" for five   
   years, and also appeared on the show's spinoffs "Special Victims Unit" and   
   "Trial by Jury" as the character.   
       
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