Watch Dale Bumpers deliver the iconic closing argument in Bill Clinton's impeachment trial

Bill Clinton and Dale Bumpers
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Former Arkansas Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers (D) died due to natural causes Friday, The Associated Press reports. He was 90.

After leaving the Senate, the close friend of then-President Bill Clinton returned to defend him in his impeachment trial. Bumpers spoke before the Senate, who would go onto acquit Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.