<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former Labor senator, party powerbroker and media commentator Graham Richardson has died at the age of 76.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former senator died at 3.50am, from influenza and pneumonia., his wife told Ben Fordham on 2GB.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Darcy and Amanda have asked me to share the news with everyone that, sadly, Richo has passed away in the early hours of this morning," Fordham said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/couple-who-enslaved-woman-eight-years-home-sale-proceeds-forfeited/b3d91853-7026-4330-b963-eaafb6b4879e"><strong><span>Couple who enslaved woman for eight years have home sale proceeds forfeited</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div><iframe frameborder="0" height="150px" src="https://omny.fm/shows/ben-fordham-full-show/rip-richo-labor-legend-graham-richardson-dies-aged-76/embed" width="100%"></iframe></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In the past few weeks, he's had a bout of influenza and then pneumonia, he also had a little stint on dialysis, trying to clean up his blood a little bit."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fordham said he lived long enough to see his son mark a milestone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When he had his big health challenge, he said to his wife Amanda, 'I'm going to live till I see Darcy finish exams and his HSC'. Darcy did his last HSC exam on Thursday, which was his French exam. And Richo's died this morning," Fordham said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/graham-richardson-dies-at-76/d6d1ef51-319f-41d9-ac51-bc0aacce8df2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Richardson served as New South Wales senator in federal parliament between 1983 and 1994.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/madeleine-mccann-maddie-julia-wandelt-jailed-false-claims-latest-updates/22b1de23-7dd7-4a5f-a9d4-3446369e2fd7"><strong><span>Fake Maddie McCann jailed for harassing missing girl's parents</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When he first arrived in parliament, he was the youngest elected senator at the time, at the age of just 33.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He served as a cabinet minister under prime ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating for a range of positions, including social security, transport and communications, health and the environment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>More to come...</span></strong></div></div>