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Alan Simpson, the towering second son of one of Wyoming’s most prominent political families known for his across-the-aisle work as a Republican U.S. Senator, spunky humor and larger-than-life personality, died March 14 at his home in Cody. Simpson was 93.

WyoFile will continue to compile reporting and guest remembrances below.


My complicated friend Al Simpson

When Geoff O’Gara first began covering Simpson, he didn’t want a politician for a friend. But Simpson was, as many will attest, insistent about friendship.