Moderate Republican Alan Simpson of Wyoming was known for his caustic wit, bipartisan outreach

Former US Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today's political acrimony, has died at 93. Simpson died Friday after suffering a broken hip in December, per a statement from his family and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, a group of museums where he was a board member for 56 years. Along with former Vice President Dick Cheney, Simpson was a towering Republican figure from Wyoming. Unlike Cheney, however, Simpson was famous for his humor, per the AP. "We have two political parties in this country: the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party," was among Simpson's many well-known quips.