He led a remarkable life - he was there at Pearl Harbor in 1941, fought in WW II (losing an arm in an attack but still fighting with amazing courage to kill off the Germans who attacked his unit), and serving as Senator since 1963 (the second longest serving Senator behind Robert Byrd).

I assume Hawaii will need a special election to appoint a new senator but I doubt they will consider a Republican (although I believe there was a fairly strong Republican candidate in the recent November election who lost her race).

RIP Senator Inouye.

RIP.

When was his last election cycle? If it's up in 2 years, Hawaii's governor will probably appoint someone in the interim.

RIP, Senator Inouye. I'm sorry no one pronounces your name correctly.

The last still-serving US Senator from the days of John F Kennedy's administration (and for that matter, the last-serving US Senator from the days of Lyndon Johnson's and Richard Nixon's administrations, too). I saw him on C-SPAN a few months ago, and I have to say he looked like he didn't have long to go.

RIP

Over in the House, John Dingel has been serving since Ike (1955). He still seems to be in pretty good health at age 86.