Boggs was the son of
Thomas Hale Boggs (1914–1972), a
United States Representative from
Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, and
Lindy Boggs (1916–2013), her husband's successor in the 2nd congressional district and thereafter U.S. Ambassador to the
Vatican under U.S. President
Bill Clinton. His siblings included journalist and news commentator
Cokie Roberts (1943–2019) and
Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939–1990), who served as the mayor of
Princeton, New Jersey. • Litigation against
Chevron for environmental issues in
Ecuador Death and legacy Boggs died of an apparent heart attack September 15, 2014, three days before his 74th birthday. He is interred at the historic
Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. ==References==