Ex-Sen. Ervin Fighting for Life
Associated Press
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —
Former Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr., who spent 20 years in the Senate and played a key role in the Watergate hearings, was in critical condition today at a hospital where he was undergoing kidney dialysis, officials said.
Ervin, 88, is suffering from acute renal failure and has “unstable vital signs,” said Roger Rollman, a spokesman for Bowman Gray Medical Center at N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem.
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