Friday 26 October 2012

Former Senator McGovern mourned as man of decency, integrity

Vice President Biden speaks at a prayer service for former U.S. Democratic Senator McGovern in Sioux Falls, South Dakota SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (Reuters) - Former Democratic Senator George McGovern was a friend, a mentor, a role model and a soft-spoken family man, mourners said on Thursday as they celebrated the passionate opponent of the Vietnam war who was defeated in the 1972 presidential race. McGovern, who was born and raised in South Dakota, died in Sioux Falls on Sunday at a hospice center at age 90. "George McGovern was a good and decent man," Vice President Joe Biden said at a prayer service in Sioux Falls for McGovern, whom he credited for giving him the courage to run for the Senate. ...




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