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Former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey Jr. died Tuesday at the age of 84.
The Washington Post and the New York Times both reported that his wife, Conchita Sarnoff Woolsey, noted that a stroke was the cause.
She indicated that her husband had been facing deteriorating health in recent years due to “Havana syndrome,” the Post reported.
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James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence, listens during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“We have traveled the world trying to find a cure and a treatment,” she noted, according to the report, “which sadly we never found.”
As Director of Central Intelligence from 1993 to 1995, Woolsey oversaw the U.S. intelligence community and served as head of the CIA during the first two years of President Bill Clinton’s first term.
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View of R James Woolsey Jr as he is sworn in to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., Feb. 2, 1993. The hearing was on his nomination as U.S. Director of Central Intelligence. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Getty Images)
“CIA extends our condolences to the family and loved ones of former Director James Woolsey. He was a great patriot who served his country as Director of Central Intelligence, Undersecretary of the Navy, Ambassador, and attorney,” the CIA noted in social media posts.
Woolsey served as undersecretary of the Navy during a portion of President Jimmy Carter’s White House tenure. He later served as ambassador to the Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe during part of President George H.W. Bush’s term.
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The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency is displayed in the foyer of the original headquarters building in Langley, Virginia, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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In a Facebook post, the CIA added, “Director Woolsey advocated for the Agency during a time of budget uncertainty and tumult at the end of the Cold War, preserving officer morale and building a relationship between the Intelligence Community and law enforcement. That partnership continues to this day and has enabled some of our greatest successes.”