WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Conrad Burns, who represented Montana in the U.S. Senate for 18 years, was hospitalized in intensive care in Washington Thursday for a stroke, his family said.
The Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune reported Burns's family issued a statement saying the 74-year-old Republican suffered the stroke Wednesday night at his home in Arlington, Va. His wife Phyllis found him disoriented while at his computer.
Burns, who served from 1989 to 2007, was first taken to Virginia Hospital Center and then transferred to a Washington hospital, the statement said.
"The encouragement and support we've received are a tremendous comfort to my dad and the rest of his family," Burns's son Garrett said in the statement. "Right now, we're focused on getting dad healthy."
