Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) died at the age of 90, NBC News reported Friday morning.
Feinstein, who represented California in the Senate since 1992, was the oldest member of the Senate and said earlier this year that she planned to retire at the end of her term as she battled health issues and faced calls for her resignation. The California Democrat was at the Capitol on Wednesday where she cast a vote just before noon. She later missed two votes that took place Wednesday afternoon, according to Fox News.
Feinstein battled the shingles virus earlier this year, missing work on Capitol Hill for 10 weeks. The senator was then briefly hospitalized last month after a fall. During her final months in the Senate, Feinstein was pushed around the Capitol in a wheelchair and appeared to be confus …