Paul Sarbanes, the five-term U.S. Senator whose landmark law, the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, required more transparency in corporate financial reporting, died Sunday at age 87.
The death of Sarbanes, in his native Baltimore, was announced by his son, Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.)
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