For eight years, New Mexico knew him as Governor Bill RIchardson. By the time he passed away at the age of 75, the world would come to know him as a diplomat like no other.

Bill Richardson, a veteran ambassador and diplomat, has died. He was a former congressman, governor, Energy secretary and 2008 presidential candidate.

How Bill Richardson, political insider, found his most important role outside politics Richardson, former governor and presidential candidate, carved out a role freeing Americans held hostage.

Bill Richardson arriving at the Doha, Qatar, airport in 2021 with the U.S. journalist Danny Fenster, who had been imprisoned in Myanmar. Credit... Karim Jaafar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

Sep. 2—Bill Richardson became New Mexico's 30th governor in January 2003 after 14 years of representing the state's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and serving ...

Bill Richardson, a former Democratic governor of New Mexico who went on to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died. He was 75. His political career: Before he was elected as ...

Bill Richardson, who served two terms as governor of New Mexico and 14 years as a congressman, then continued to devote himself to liberating Americans who were being held hostage or who he ...

Bill Richardson, the former two-term New Mexico governor and veteran diplomat, has died at 75. Richardson served as ambassador to the UN and Energy Secretary under President Bill Clinton.

Richardson was 60 at the time and said he envisioned “a few more chapters” for himself in public life. Richardson told me he would have loved to be someone’s running mate or secretary of state.

Ex-President Bill Clinton is eulogizing former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as a groundbreaking Latino politician and unorthodox master diplomat who could coax good things out of dictators and ...

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dies at 75 04:03. Former U.N. Ambassador and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who helped negotiate release of detained Americans, has died.

Bill Richardson, a former Democratic governor of New Mexico who went on to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died. He was 75.