Strom Thurmond dies at 100

WAX2003062709 - WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., the oldest and longest serving Senator, died on June 26, 2003, at 100 years old. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., blows out a candle during his 100th birthday party on Dec. 5, 2002, on Capitol Hill. The lipstick on his forehead came from a Marilyn Monroe look-a-like. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg/FILE UPI