Mariah Cain, Staff Writer
Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan died Tuesday at age 90. She was the first woman to represent Missouri in the senate after she was appointed in a posthumous election when her husband the then governor of Missouri, Mel Carnahan, died in a plane crash along with the couple’s son, Randy, and an aide on their way to a campaign event.
“Mom passed peacefully after a long and rich life,” said her family in a statement. “She was a fearless trailblazer. She was brilliant, creative, compassionate and dedicated to her family and her fellow Missourians.”
