Sen. John McCain's career in photos (52 images)

John McCain, a Vietnam veteran who spent seven years as a prisoner of war then went on to serve for decades in Congress, died August 25, 2018, in Arizona. The senator had been diagnosed with brain cancer a year before. He was 81. McCain was one of the best-liked politicians of his lifetime.

John McCain is pulled from Truc Bach Lake by the Vietnamese after his plane was shot down on October 26, 1967. UPI File Photo

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Rep. John McCain, R-Ariz., photographed in Phoenix on November 15, 1985. File Photo by Martin Jeong/UPI

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Rep. McCain signs flags for children after a rally on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 1985. File Photo by Tim Clary/UPI

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As a Republican candidate for president, Sen. McCain laughs at a campaign video of himself at a reception at Daniel Webster College on May 10, 1999, in Nashua, N.H. File Photo by Lee K. Marriner/ UPI

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