Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82.
Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, the statement said. The Democrat-turned-independent was never shy about veering from the party line. Lieberman came tantalizingly close to winning the vice presidency in the contentious 2000 presidential contest.. Lieberman's independent streak and especially his needing of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama ranked many Democrats, the party he aligned with in the Senate.