Arlen Specter Net Worth

His position on gay rights involved supporting some LGBT rights, and he voted to prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation, but was opposed to same-sex marriage. He strongly opposed gun control, voting against the Brady Bill, background checks at gun shows, the ban on assault weapons and trigger locks for handguns. His voting record, regardless of which party he was with at the time erred at least 50% on the Democratic side. Arlen Specter announced in 2005 that he had been diagnosed with an advanced form of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer. Specter eventually passed away from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of 82 on October 14, 2012.