He died at 93 on February 5, 2003, at his home in Washington, D.C., after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. His wife, Dorothy, told CBS News that on his death, he was listening to former Secretary of State Colin Powell address the UN on the evidence surrounding Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction stockpiles in the run-up to the Iraq War.de Vries, Lloyd. "CBS News Pioneer LeSueur Dies", (obituary), CBS News, February 11, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
