U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat and frequent Southampton visitor, died Monday at age 89.
Lautenberg, who was the only remaining World War II veteran in the Senate, is survived by his wife, Bonnie Englebard Lautenberg, who has a home in Water Mill and has hung her pictures in local Hamptons art galleries.
According to a statement from Senator Lautenberg's press office, the New Jersey native succumbed to complications from viral pneumonia at 4:02 a.m. at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell.
Last summer, the six-term senator announced he would not seek another term.
Highlights of Lautenberg's career as an elected official included his work on public transit, environmental and gun control issues in New Jersey and on Capitol Hill.
In addition to his wife, Lautenberg is survived by his six children and their spouses, Ellen Lautenberg and Doug Hendel, Nan and Joe Morgart, Josh and Christina Lautenberg, Lisa and Doug Birer, Danielle Englebardt and Stuart Katzoff, Lara Englebardt Metz and Corey Metz? and 13 grandchildren.
