Dennis Hastert, former US House speaker disgraced by molestation allegations, dies aged 84

Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House speaker, died at his home over the weekend at age 84, a coroner said Monday.

• Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell said Hastert died of natural causes at his home over the weekend.
• Hastert served as speaker from 1999 to 2007, helping pass George W. Bush's tax cuts and Medicare drug expansion.
• He was sentenced in 2016 to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to evading banking laws.
• Prosecutors said Hastert sexually abused at least four teenage wrestlers he coached from 1965 to 1981.