If we’re lucky, he took some of his bitter bigotry with him. Jesse Helms, an unrepentant supporter of unnatural causes throughout his life, died of natural causes this morning at the age of 86. The ...

Helms died at 1:15 a.m., said the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University in North Carolina. The center's president, John Dodd, said in a statement that funeral arrangements were pending. "He was ...

Over a U.S. Senate career that helped shape three decades of American politics, Jesse Helms was a figure seven presidents didn't always agree with but could rarely ignore. “He should be remembered as ...

Former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms died early this morning in Raleigh. He was 86 years old, and he'd been sick for awhile. He died of natural causes, according to his former chief of staff.

The Charlotte Observer and The (Raleigh) News & Observer asked readers to share their memories of former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms. Dozens responded. Some admired him, some despised him. Here are edited ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate paid tribute Wednesday to retiring Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, an icon of conservatism and uncompromising foe of communism who, colleagues said, abided by a southern ...

LAST FRIDAY, on the Fourth of July, the great American patriot Jesse Helms passed away. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson also went to their great reward on Independence Day, so this is further proof of ...

Conservative icon Jesse Helms of North Carolina, the senator who drives liberals nuts, is inching his way toward running for reelection in 2002. Helms, 79, was once thought certain to retire. In fact, ...

My first paying job in politics was working for Jesse Helms’ U.S. Senate campaign in 1972. Helms, who died on July 4 at 86, was a classic populist–he presented his conservative agenda in plain terms ...