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Posted on April 7, 2019April 7, 2019

Remembering Senator Hollings

Thanks to the great South Carolina cartoonist Robert Ariail for letting us share this remembrance of the late U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, who passed away yesterday.

Watch the funeral

You can watch a video of the funeral by clicking here. (Coverage via SCETV).

  • Eulogy by former Vice President Joe Biden
  • Eulogy by Gov. Henry McMaster
  • Eulogy by U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.

Tributes

  • Fritz Hollings’ life in 170 photos (20 min, YouTube)
  • Brack: Yes, senator, the ox is still in the ditch (Statehouse Report)
  • Friends remember Hollings (FoxCarolina)
  • Charleston airport may be named for Hollings (The Post and Courier)
  • S.C. residents honor Hollings at Statehouse (The Post and Courier)
  • Hundreds remember Hollings during visitation (WCSC)
  • Friend remember Hollings as a giant for South Carolina (The Post and Courier)

Videos

Retirement tribute video. Colleagues outline Hollings’ contributions in this 2004 video.

SCETV Stateline,: Hollings discusses the state of politics in this 2003 production.

Hollings profile. State and national leaders discuss Hollings’ impact in this 1991 SCETV profile.

Hollings: Father of S.C. technical education.  Embedded about halfway in this retrospective about technical education is an 8-minute interview with Hollings.

Moyers interview. Hollings talks about campaign finance reform following publication of his 2008 book.

In the news

  • Forner governor, U.S. Senator Hollings dies at 97, The Post and Courier
  • Longtime S.C. senator dies, Washington Post
  • Hollings dies early Saturday, CNN
  • Hollings has passed away, The State newspaper, Columbia
  • Hollings’ views on trade, D.C., more, The State
  • The life of Ernest F. Hollings: A timeline, The Post and Courier
  • Hollings remembered in photos, The Post and Courier
  • Quick-witted, Hollings dragged S.C. into 20th century, Greenville News
  • Hollings, revered S.C. populist, dies at age 97, The New York Times
  • Former U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings has died, Associated Press.
  • Hollings passes away, WCSC TV, Charleston
  • Former S.C. senator, governor dies, WCBD TV, Charleston
  • Hollings dies at 97, WCIV TV, Charleston
  • Friends, colleagues reflect on Hollngs’ legacy, video, WLTX TV, Columbia
  • Hollings passes away Saturday morning, Charleston City Paper
  • Hollings, senator and veteran, dies, Roll Call
  • Remembering Fritz Hollings, NPR
  • Leaders reflect on how Hollings will be missed, WIS TV, Columbia
  • Reactions to Hollings’ death, The Post and Courier
  • Lawmakers respond to passing of Sen. Hollings, WPDE TV, Florence
  • National leaders react to death of Hollings, ABC News
  • State leaders praise Hollings, The State

Opinion coverage

  • Fritz Hollings, a brilliant, forthright leader, The Post and Courier
  • Thank you, Fritz Hollings, Statehouse Report
  • Hollings whipped world’s fanny and what it meant to S.C., The Island Packet
  • Joe Riley’s last letter to Hollings, The Post and Courier

About this site

FritzHollings.com offers information on the life of public service of former South Carolina Gov. and U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C.  For more information, you can contact the South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina Libraries.

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Photo gallery

  • After a dive in the 1970s.
  • With President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office.
  • A remembrance by cartoonist Robert Ariail, republished with permission of the artist.
  • Hollings during a tour of Vietnam.
  • Senator Hollings laughs during a Commerce Committee hearing in the early 1990s.
  • USC's Herb Hartsook laughs with Peatsy and Fritz Hollings.
  • Peatsy and Fritz Hollings crossing the Amazon, 2003
  • Hollings listens during a South Carolina hunger tour in the late 1960s.
  • During a 1969 poverty tour.
  • As a candidate at a factory shift change.
  • During the 1955 campaign.
  • With Big Bird and Sen. Daniel Inouye, 1989
  • Peatsy and Fritz Hollings in 1991.
  • During a Commerce Committee hearing in the mid-1980s.
  • A young governor at work.
  • As governor
  • With Corretta Scott King and others after winning the MLK Award, 1986.
  • Hollings, right, pictured during World War II.

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