Former Missouri senator Thomas Eagleton dies at 77
Former U S Senator Thomas Eagleton, George McGovern’s 1972 vice presidential nominee, died at 77. He served Missouri in the Senate from 1968 to 1987 and was later praised by Senator Claire McCaskill. He faced hospitalization for low mood in 1972 and briefly withdrew from the ticket. Survived by his wife Barbara Ann Smith Eagleton and two children.
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