美国参议员林赛·格拉汉姆于7月11日在华盛顿家中突然去世，初步认定死因为主动脉撕裂 [1]。在华盛顿国家大教堂举行追悼会期间，特朗普等美国领导人及多国领导人出席了仪式 [1]。格拉汉姆的遗体于周三回到南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚进行葬礼和埋葬 [1]。
格拉汉姆在出席北约峰会庆祝71岁生日和访问乌克兰后不久去世 [1]。葬礼在第一浸信会教堂举行，该教堂23年前曾为共和党前任参议员斯特罗姆·瑟蒙德举办追悼会 [1]。特朗普称格拉汉姆为"美利坚合众国参议院的巨人，真正的美国原创者" [1]。格拉汉姆在参议院服役超过30年，南卡州特别初选将在两周内进行以选出新提名人 [1]。
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on July 11 in his Washington home, likely from an aortic dissection, was returned to South Carolina on Wednesday for funeral services and burial in his home state [1]. Following a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral where President Trump and other U.S. and international leaders paid their respects, Graham's body was transported to Columbia, South Carolina [1].
The funeral service took place at First Baptist Church, the same venue where Republican Senator Strom Thurmond's memorial service was held 23 years earlier [1]. Graham had served in the Senate for more than 30 years [1]. Trump eulogized Graham as "a giant in the United States Senate, a true American original" [1]. Graham's death came shortly after he attended a NATO summit to celebrate his 71st birthday and visited Ukraine [1]. South Carolina will hold a special primary election within two weeks to select a new Republican nominee for his Senate seat [1].