Article 5MMGB Mike Enzi, retired Republican senator from Wyoming, dies after bicycle fall

Mike Enzi, retired Republican senator from Wyoming, dies after bicycle fall

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Associated Press in Gillette, Wyoming
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  • Tributes say Enzi worked for bipartisan co-operation
  • Police say no evidence anyone else involved in accident

Mike Enzi, a retired Wyoming Republican senator known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died. He was 77.

Enzi died on Monday surrounded by family and friends, former spokesman Max D'Onofrio said. Enzi had been hospitalized with a broken neck and ribs after a bicycle accident near Gillette on Friday. He was stabilized before being flown to a hospital in Colorado but remained unconscious, D'Onofrio said.

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