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| term_end5=January1, 1977

| term_end5=January1, 1977

| birth_date=September 2, 1931

| birth_date=September 2, 1931

| birth_place=[[Denver]], [[Colorado]].

| birth_place=[[Denver]], [[Colorado]]

| death_date=March 14, 2025 (aged 93)

| death_date=March 14, 2025 (aged 93)

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| occupation=[[Attorney]]

| occupation=[[Attorney]]

In July 2022, Simpson cut a television commercial for liberal Republican U.S. Representative [[Liz Cheney]] and attacked former President [[Donald Trump]], who endorsed her primary challenger, the conservative [[Harriet Hageman]]. Simpson called Trump "a vicious animal" who "poisoned democracy." He declared the party of which he was a former assistant Senate leader has become "a cult" under the influence of Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vicious-animal-who-poisoned-democracy-ex-gop-sen-alan-simpson/ar-AAZFZz6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=69876ea5f6a446ecae99ef70bdcfd75b|title=Trump "Vicious Animal" who "Poisoned Democracy|publisher=msn.com|accessdate=July 17, 2022}}</ref>

In July 2022, Simpson cut a television commercial for liberal Republican U.S. Representative [[Liz Cheney]] and attacked former President [[Donald Trump]], who endorsed her primary challenger, the conservative [[Harriet Hageman]]. Simpson called Trump "a vicious animal" who "poisoned democracy." He declared the party of which he was a former assistant Senate leader has become "a cult" under the influence of Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-vicious-animal-who-poisoned-democracy-ex-gop-sen-alan-simpson/ar-AAZFZz6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=69876ea5f6a446ecae99ef70bdcfd75b|title=Trump "Vicious Animal" who "Poisoned Democracy|publisher=msn.com|accessdate=July 17, 2022}}</ref>

Simpson died at the age of ninety-three in the spring of 2025.

Simpson died at his home in Cody at the age of ninety-three in the spring of 2025.

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