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Ben Stevens, Former Alaska Senate President, Dies While Hiking at Age 63
People ^ | October 17, 2022 | Kyler Alvord

Posted on 10/18/2022 4:15:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Stevens, the son of prominent U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, was hiking near Seward, Alaska, on Thursday evening when he suffered a fatal medical emergency Email

Former Alaska politician Ben Stevens died late last week at the age of 63, after suffering a medical emergency while hiking near Seward.

On Thursday evening Alaska State Troopers, U.S. Forest Service officers and medics were dispatched to the Chugach National Forest to respond to a report of a hiker needing CPR on the Lost Lake Trail. Life-saving measures were unsuccessful, according to online dispatch records, and the deceased hiker was later identified as Stevens.

Stevens served in the Alaska state Senate from 2001 to 2007, working his way up to Senate majority leader and then Senate president. In the years since he left the state Senate, he had stints as a member of the Republican National Committee, chief of staff for Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and, most recently, vice president of external affairs and transportation for oil producer ConocoPhillips.

Stevens' rise to power in the early 2000s was aided by the national prominence of his politician father, longtime U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who was killed in a 2010 plane crash in southern Alaska.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
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1 posted on 10/18/2022 4:15:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Died with his boots on. That would be my choice.


2 posted on 10/18/2022 4:28:10 PM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: nickcarraway

Was he clot shoted?


3 posted on 10/18/2022 4:34:06 PM PDT by Revel
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To: DarrellZero
"Died with his boots on. That would be my choice."

Been there...
Done that.

4 posted on 10/18/2022 4:54:34 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: billorites

Blaze of Glory.....


5 posted on 10/18/2022 5:11:58 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nickcarraway

Never heard of him but may he RIP.


6 posted on 10/18/2022 5:42:09 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Revel
Was he clot shoted?

Another excess death as life expectancy in US will fall to 52 by 2025 at the present rate.

Bill Gates and the other eugenics psychopaths like Fauci never thought they could kill so many with so little effort. Vaxxxxxxxines will save the Earth and lead to a New World Order with the 10% who are left.

Now go get BOOSTED TODAY!

7 posted on 10/18/2022 5:49:03 PM PDT by politicianslie (Those who got vaxxed need to update their wills. You are a guinea pig in a dangerous drug trial.)
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To: nickcarraway
Hopefully he was doing what he loved to do..

May the rest of us be so lucky.. d;^)

8 posted on 10/18/2022 5:50:20 PM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: politicianslie

Woah......


9 posted on 10/18/2022 6:02:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

The welfare State has a perverse incentive to make sure no one lives to 65. Carpe Diem!


10 posted on 10/18/2022 7:51:07 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: nickcarraway

As someone who likes to hike, and is not getting any younger - it hits home.


11 posted on 10/18/2022 7:56:06 PM PDT by wareagle7295
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