ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2724x1744+0+0/resize/2724x1744!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4e%2F79%2F2c2202e745269dab217ee172104c%2Fap26278491443200.jpg' alt='Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse, in Chicago, June 2015.'/><p>ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.</p><p>(Image credit: Christian K. Lee)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-146452' />
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