NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on "Law & Order," died Sunday, his family said.

(TIME, December 9) -- Fred Thompson has always been cast in parts he was made for. Each character--the admiral in The Hunt for Red October, the White House chief of staff in In the Line of Fire, the ...

LOS ANGELES – Fred Thompson didn't enter the 2008 presidential race Tuesday, but he talked like he was getting close to jumping in. Asked by Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" if he'd like the nation's ...

The New York Times has a new story up today about former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson on the campaign trail, and it ain’t pretty: Twenty-four minutes after he began speaking in a small restaurant ...