Former Top U.S. Lawmaker Dennis Hastert Dies at 84

Former Republican leader Dennis Hastert, once Speaker in charge of the U.S. House of Representatives, died Saturday night at his Illinois home at 84. Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell, the local official who confirms deaths, announced Oct. 5 it was natural causes. Hastert was under hospice care, comfort care at life's end.