States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film. Death He died of lung cancer on November 21, 1994, in Beverly Hills. Legacy Secretary of Defense and former White House Chief of Staff and CIA Director Leon Panetta began in politics as a legislative assistant to Kuchel. Panetta would cite Kuchel as "a tremendous role model." In August 2010, the Beverly Hills City Council paid tribute to Senator Kuchel on the 100th anniversary of his birth. His widow Betty Kuchel and daughter Karen Kuchel accepted a proclamation from then Councilman and now mayor Dr. William Warren Brien, a grandson of Governor Earl Warren, at the August 17th council meeting. References External links Oral History Interview with Thomas Kuchel, from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Join California Thomas H. Kuchel Further reading "Honoring a True Public Servant: Senator Thomas Kuchel," Congressional Record, October 11, 2002. |- |- |- |- |- 1910 births 1994 deaths State Controllers of California Republican Party California state senators Republican Party members of the California State Assembly American people of German descent People from Anaheim, California California Republican Party chairs USC Gould School of Law alumni Republican Party United States senators from California 20th-century American politicians Richard Nixon United States Navy personnel of World War II