John Warner, longtime GOP senator for Virginia, has died at age 94

• Former Republican senator John Warner has died aged 94.
• He died of heart failure at his Virginia home on Tuesday, his chief of staff said.
• He served as Navy Secretary between 1972 and 1974, and was once married to Elizabeth Taylor.
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Former Republican Senator John Warner has died at age 94.

Susan A. Magill, his former chief of staff, said on Wednesday that Warner died of heart failure at his Virginia home on Tuesday, The Los Angeles Times reported.

"He was frail but had a lot of spirit until his last days," she said.

Warner served five terms in the Senate, and also served as Navy Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He said in 2007 that he would not run again.

He was also once married to actor Elizabeth Taylor. The couple divorced in 1982.