# Former NM Gov Bill Richardson is dead - 9/2/2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 2, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515 "2023-09-02T16:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/1 "2023-09-02T16:38:56Z")
[https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/02/politics/bill-richardson-former-new-mexico-governor/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/02/politics/bill-richardson-former-new-mexico-governor/index.html) > Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a longtime fixture of Democratic politics with turns as Energy Secretary and United Nations ambassador under the Clinton administration, died on Friday. He was 75. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/2 "2023-09-02T16:51:34Z")
Oh my, that surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/3 "2023-09-02T16:59:49Z")
Oh I liked him. May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/4 "2023-09-02T18:38:43Z")
I would have voted for him as President. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/5 "2023-09-02T19:44:56Z")
He was 75 and they’re saying “died in his sleep,” which seems odd. I suppose he was never the healthiest of men. Wasn’t he just nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/6 "2023-09-02T21:45:23Z")
Yeah. For about the _fourth_ time: > **[Bill Richardson | The Richardson Center](https://www.richardsondiplomacy.org/bill-richardson/)** > > Biography of Governor Bill Richardson For more than 30 years, Bill Richardson has led a distinguished public-service career as a U.S. Congressman (1982-1996), U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1997-1998), and Secretary of Energy under President... No slouch, He. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/7 "2023-09-02T23:32:16Z")
I had actually preferred him to Clinton that season …. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/8 "2023-09-20T21:49:40Z")
Mrs Maven & I lived in Albuquerque from 1979-1983. We were quite fond of Richardson. IMHO he was the most qualified presidential candidate since Adali Stevenson. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/9 "2023-09-21T01:25:46Z")
So why didn’t Obama and/or Biden appoint him to office? ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/10 "2023-09-21T01:28:49Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > why didn’t Obama and/or Biden appoint him to office? Zipper issues, as i recall. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/11 "2023-09-21T02:07:21Z")
What does that actually mean? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nm-gov-bill-richardson-is-dead-9-2-2023/989515/12 "2023-09-21T09:27:52Z")
Rumblings about some sort of affair, or paying to hush up an affair, I think. That was back when it seemed to matter. [Ex-Governor Bill Richardson Is Said to Be Under Investigation - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/ex-governor-bill-richardson-is-said-to-be-under-investigation.html)