Former Mississippi Governor Fordice Dies

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By SHELIA HARDWELL BYRD

Associated Press Writer

Guardian snip:
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Gov. Kirk Fordice, a hard-nosed no-nonsense businessman who became Mississippi's first Republican governor in 116 years, died Tuesday of leukemia at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was 70.

Funeral arrangements were pending.

A statement released by the Fordice family said the governor had received calls, letters and prayers from people across the state.

``The people he served while in office served to lift his spirits during his final days,'' the statement read. ``We would like to express our gratitude to all of those who have been so kind to our father and to our entire family over the years.

More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4478694,00.html

[Rowdyboy]

1. I make it a practice never to speak ill of the dead

Therefore there is absolutely nothing I can say about my former governor's death....

I do feel sympathy for his exwife and children.