HI Sen. Daniel Inouye Dies at Age 88 [VIDEO]

United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye, World War II veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and Hawaii’s senior Senator, ?has died. ?Inouye passed away from respiratory complications at 5:01 p.m. EST Monday at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. ?His wife Irene and his son Ken were at his side. ?Last rites were performed by Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black.

At the time of his death, Inouye was serving as the Senate President pro tempore, third in the line of succession for the presidency behind Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner.

FOX News Radio’s Jared Halpern reports: