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Dianne Feinstein dead at 90: Longtime senator’s career in pictures

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an Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein carries a candle as she leads an estimated 15,000 marchers also carrying candles during a march in memory of slain Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in San Francisco, Nov. 28, 1979.

San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein carries a candle as she leads an estimated 15,000 marchers also carrying candles during a march in memory of slain Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in San Francisco, Nov. 28, 1979.

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Dianne Feinstein is seen taking an AK-47 during a press conference at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in 2003 during a press conference urging the US Congress to extend the ban on assault weapons.

Dianne Feinstein is seen taking an AK-47 during a press conference at the LAPD headquarters in 2003 during a press conference urging the US Congress to extend the ban on assault weapons.

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Dianne Feinstein walking through crowded lobby of Biltmore hotel while she was mayor of San Francisco in the 1970s.

Dianne Feinstein walks through the crowded lobby of the Biltmore hotel while mayor of San Francisco in the 1970s.

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San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein and singer Tony Bennett, who sang " I Left My Heart in San Francisco," hangs on to the outside of a cable car in San Francisco before taking a test ride in 1984.

San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein and singer Tony Bennett, who sang " I Left My Heart in San Francisco," hang on to the outside of a cable car in San Francisco before taking a test ride in 1984.

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Feinstein became mayor of San Francisco in 1978.

Feinstein became mayor of San Francisco in 1978.

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Feinstein addresses the Democratic National Convention in 1992. She would be elected to the Senate in November of that year.

Feinstein addresses the Democratic National Convention in 1992. She would be elected to the Senate in November of that year.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein with her husband, Richard Blum, at the Kennedy Center for a birthday celebration for Ted Kennedy.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein with her husband, Richard Blum, at the Kennedy Center for a birthday celebration for Ted Kennedy.

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Dianne Feinstein is sseen smiling and reviewing a document in her city hall office while mayor of San Francisco.

Dianne Feinstein is seen smiling and reviewing a document in her city hall office while mayor of San Francisco.

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US Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, laughs with a convention delegate at the Democratic National Convention August 14, 2000 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

US Senator Dianne Feinstein laughs with a convention delegate at the Democratic National Convention at the Staples Center on August 14, 2000.

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lifornia Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2003.

Feinstein is pictured with then-California Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2003.

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President Joe Biden talks with U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2021.

President Joe Biden talks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 2021.

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Dianne Feinstein is brought into a Senate meeting in a wheelchair in May 2023.

Dianne Feinstein is brought into a Senate meeting in a wheelchair in May 2023.