Photos: Fred Thompson through the years

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Photos: Fred Thompson through the years

Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee, actor and presidential candidate, died Sunday. He was 73.

NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT -- "Watergate Hearings" -- Pictured: Co-chief counsel Fred Thompson during the Watergate Scandal hearings that began on May 17, 1973 -- (Photo by: NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)

NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT -- "Watergate Hearings" -- Pictured: Co-chief counsel Fred Thompson during the Watergate Scandal hearings that began on May 17, 1973 -- (Photo by: NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 18: ROSEANNE- "Let's Call It Quits" 5/2/89 Fred Thompson (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 19: Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - JULY 22: CAMPAIGN FINANCE HEARINGS--Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., Sens. Thad Cochran, R-Miss, left, and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., right, at news conference on witness immunity and the Justice Department. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

02/03/98 - CREDIT: Gerald Martineau. Wash Hilton Wash Press Club Foundation dinner Senator Fred Thompson talks with Ariana Huffington.. (Photo by Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, : US Senator Fred Thompson (TN-R) informs the press that the Senate plans to vote this evening 28 January on a plan to depose the witnesses in the Impeachment Trial at the US Capitol in Washington DC. The deposing of the witnesses in the Impeachment Trial are scheduled to begin next week. (ELECTRONIC PHOTO) AFP PHOTO/ Joyce NALTCHAYAN (Photo credit should read JOYCE NALTCHAYAN/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, : Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson pauses as he describes 05 August 1999 on Capitol Hill the missteps, misunderstandings, and mistakes at all levels that resulted in the US government's poor performance in the handling of the Wen-Ho-Lee investigation and the loss of the W-88 nuclear warhead design at the US Department of Energy's Los Alamos, NM, laboratory . (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 19: NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITYADMINISTRATION-- Senate Governmental Affairs Chairman Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Frank H. Murkowski, R-Alaska, during a joint hearing on the Defense Authorization Act, which requires the creation of a National Nuclear Security Administration within the Department of Energy. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - MARCH 28: Sens. Fred Thompson, R-TN, and Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, talk about the Campaign Finance agreement in the Senate Studio, Wednesday afternoon. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - MARCH 27: Sen. Fred Thompson, R-TN, talks about his CFR amendment that survied a key vote in the Senate. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 19: Sens. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., speak at a news coference, following a bid by Democrats to amend homeland security legislation. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 1: U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) gestures as he speaks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' during a taping September 1, 2002 at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. Sen. Thompson spoke about whether or not the U.S. should strike Iraq. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

TALLAHASSEE, UNITED STATES: This 16 November 2000 file photo shows US Sen. Fred Thompson, R-TN, talking to reporters at a news conference at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida on behalf of the George W. Bush campaign. Thompson announced 08 March, 2002 that he will not seek re-election in November. AFP PHOTO/Jeff KOWALSKY (Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - APRIL 8: Actor Fred Dalton Thompson attends the press conference marking "Law and Order's 300th Episode" at Chelsea Piers April 8, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

LAW & ORDER -- "Bounty" Episode 2 -- Air Date 10/01/2003 -- Pictured: (l-r) Elisabeth Rohm as Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn, Fred Dalton Thompson as District Attorney Arthur Branch, Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy (Photo by Jessica Burstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - JULY 24: Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN), Adviser to Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts, gestures as he speaks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' July 24, 2005 during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. Thompson talked about the nomination of John G. Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press)

LAW & ORDER -- "Bible Story" Episode 11 -- Aired 12/07/05 --Pictured: Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch (Photo by Will Hart/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - MAY 29: Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) (L) speaks to moderator Tim Russert during a taping of NBC's 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios May 29, 2005 in Washington, DC. Thompson spoke about the threat and prevention of nuclear terrorism. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

LAW & ORDER -- Season 17 -- Pictured: Fred Dalton Thompson as District Attorney Arthur Branch (Photo by Virginia Sherwood/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

LAW & ORDER -- Season 17 -- Pictured: (l-r) Sam Waterston as Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy, Fred Dalton Thompson as District Attorney Arthur Branch (Photo by Virginia Sherwood/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT -- "Watergate Hearings" -- Pictured: Co-chief counsel Fred Thompson during the Watergate Scandal hearings that began on May 17, 1973 -- (Photo by: NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)

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