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September 13, 2006
Ann Richards - RIP
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4185429.html
We lost Ann Richards tonight. She was a great lady and a great Texan.
Sept. 13, 2006, 9:51PM
Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards dies
Associated Press
AUSTIN — Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, died tonight at her home surrounded by her family after a battle with cancer, a family spokeswoman said. She was 73.
Richards was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in March and underwent chemotherapy treatments.
Richards had said she entered politics to help others - especially women and minorities who were often ignored by Texas' male-dominated establishment.
``I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone,' `` Richards told an interviewer shortly before leaving office in January 1995.
Richards served as Texas governor for one term. She lost her re-election bid to Republican George W. Bush.
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