Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

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Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007 and spent more than a year in prison later in life, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care, according to Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell.

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