Hillary Clinton announces death of her youngest brother, businessman Tony Rodham

Former US secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate remembers sibling as ‘kind, generous and a wonderful husband’

Rodham, 65, worked on his sister’s first campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, when she lost to Barack Obama

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Hillary Clinton delivers Hunter College's commencement address in New York in May. Photo: AP

Published: 3:53am, 9 Jun 2019Updated: 3:53am, 9 Jun 2019

Hillary Clinton’s youngest brother, businessman Tony Rodham, 65, died on Friday night, the former US secretary of state and presidential candidate announced in a tweet that called him “kind, generous and a wonderful husband”.

“It’s hard to find words, my mind is flooded with memories of him,” Clinton said.

Hillary Clinton’s brothers Tony Rodham (right) and Hugh Rodham in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, during one of their sister’s campaign stops in April 2016. Photo: AP

Rodham is survived by wife Megan Madden and three children. He was previously married to Nicole Boxer, daughter of former Senator Barbara Boxer.

No cause of death was given.

Rodham worked for the Democratic National Convention during Bill Clinton’s first presidential run in 1992, and also worked on his sister’s first campaign for the Democratic nomination, when she lost to Barack Obama.

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