(FILES)Colombian President Andres Pastrana (R) meets with members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee including Sen. Jesse Helms, R-NC, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in this April 17, 2002 file photo. CNN reported that former Republican Senator from North Carolina, Jesse Helms, has reportedly died at age 86, on July 4, 2008. According to The Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina Helms was suffering from vascular dementia. AFP PHOTO/ Luke FRAZZA