Disgraced former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert is dead at 84, USA TODAY confirmed on Oct. 5.
Hastert died at his home over the weekend due to natural causes, Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell said.
The former lawmaker from the Illionis 14th congressional district served 20 years in Congress and eight years as the highest-ranking member of the House before retiring in January 2007.
As the 59th Speaker of the House, he was the longest serving Republican speaker in history.
Hastert spent 13 months in prison in connection to a bank fraud conviction linked to his effort to buy the silence of a former student he sexually abused during his days as a high school wrestling coach, USA TODAY previously reported.
This is a developing story.
Natalie Neysa
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