Ex-Presidential Nominee McGovern 'Nearing End'

The daughter of former U.S. Sen. George McGovern says it's a blessing that she and other family members are able to surround her father as he declines in hospice care in South Dakota.

 

 

 

 

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The daughter of former U.S. Sen. George McGovern says it's a blessing that she and other family members are able to surround her father as he declines in hospice care in South Dakota.

Ann McGovern says her 90-year-old father is "nearing the end" and appears restful and peaceful. She says the family gathering has allowed for a "mysterious, beautiful" experience.

McGovern was the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide. He was a member of the U.S. House from 1957 to 1961 and a U.S. senator from 1963 to 1981.

He became a leader of the Democrats' liberal wing during those three decades and has turned his focus in recent years to world hunger.

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