Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson died at age 93 on Friday.
Simpson passed away in Cody, Wyoming, surrounded by family and friends after he struggled to recover from a broken hip in December, according to a statement from his family and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, a group of museums of which he was a board member for 56 years. His family members said his recovery was hindered by complications from frostbite to his left foot approximately five years ago, which led to his left leg being amputated below the knee as an unavoidable medical necessity.
“It’s impossible to overstate the contributions Al Simpson made to the Center of the West, to the community of Cody and to Wyoming and the country,” Rebecca West, CEO and executive director of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, wrote in the statement.