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Former Sen. George McGovern dies at 90 | |
October 21, 2012 George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. A proud liberal who had argued fervently against Vietnam War as a Democratic senator from South Dakota and three-time candidate for president, McGovern died at 5:15 a.m. local time Sunday at a Sioux Falls hospice, surrounded by family and lifelong friends, family spokesman Steve... Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20121021/news/710219906/ |