Bill Richardson, Former Governor and UN Ambassador Who Worked to Free Detained Americans, Dies

Bill Richardson, 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, on Nov. 16, 2021. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75.

The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded and led, said in a statement Saturday that he died in his sleep at his home in Chatham, Massachusetts.