Starr Remembered by Lanier as ‘Kind,’ ‘Smart Beyond Measure,’ and ‘Not Perfect’ 

Ken Starr, a polarizing and powerful figure who served as a federal judge, solicitor general and university president, died Tuesday at 76 following complications from abdominal surgery.

Most widely known for his investigation into the Clintons that unveiled an affair and led to the impeachment of a president, Starr served as U.S. solicitor general from 1989 until 1993 — arguing 36 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court — and before that as a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals from 1983 to 1989.