A Look Back at US Senator Dianne Feinstein's Career
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00:00 Frail and wheelchair-bound, these are some of the last images of Senator Dianne Feinstein.
00:06 At 90, she was the oldest sitting U.S. Senator, working till the end.
00:11 On Thursday morning, she cast her final vote on the Senate floor.
00:15 By Thursday evening, she had passed away at her home in D.C.
00:19 There had been calls for her to resign over the past few months due to failing health.
00:23 But people are also remembering her today for a courageous moment in 1978 that propelled her into the national spotlight.
00:31 Shaken but stoic, Feinstein, then president of the County Board of Supervisors in San Francisco,
00:37 announced the brutal killings of the city's mayor, George Moscone, and Supervisor Harvey Milk,
00:43 the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California.
00:47 Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed.
00:55 She's being celebrated today as a trailblazer and public servant for the ages.
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