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    Family spokesman says George McGovern has died at 90

    http://ca.news.yahoo.com/family-spok...112940674.html

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A family spokesman says former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died this morning at the age of 90.
    ETA: What a man! The full story at the link below is very interesting.
    A spokesman for Mr. McGovern's family, Steve Hildebrand, told The Associated Press by telephone that Mr. McGovern died peacefully at 5:15 a.m. Sunday at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and lifelong friends. The family had said in a statement late last year that Mr. McGovern had become unresponsive while under hospice care.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...626660/?page=1
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    Rest in peace, Senator McGovern, a fine man indeed.
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    RIP, Mr. McGovern. You were a real gentleman.
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