News ‘Tough-as-nails strong’: Tributes pour in for Harry Reid, former U.S. senator, after his death December 28, 2021 Rebecca Morin and Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Tough-as-nails strong’: Tributes pour in for Harry Reid, former U.S. senator, after his death Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid died Tuesday at 82. A giant of Nevada politics and a Democratic force, he climbed the Senate's heights.