Editing Rod Grams (section)

==Illness and death==
On September 4, 2013, it was announced that Grams had been battling [[colon cancer]] since 2012 and was receiving [[hospice]] care at his home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/local/222438121.html|title=Former U.S. Sen. Rod Grams, battling cancer, is in hospice care|publisher=Star Tribune|date=2013-09-04|access-date=2013-10-09}}</ref> He died on October 8, 2013, aged 65, at his home in [[Crown, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Joey Mcleister, Star Tribune|url=http://www.startribune.com/local/227064311.html|title=Former U.S. Sen. Rod Grams dies of cancer|publisher=Star Tribune|access-date=2013-10-09}}</ref>