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    Bill Chaplis - AP
    FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1972 file photo, Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., joins in a three way handshake with Salvador Luria, left, a Nobel Laureate in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and physicist Harry Palevsky of the Brookhaven National Laboratory of Long Island, N.Y., after they announced their support for his presidential campaign at a news conference in Boston. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)
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    Uncredited - AP
    FILE - In this March 1, 1969 file photo, Sen. George S. McGovern, left, of South Dakota speaks at a meeting of a Democratic commission seeking to revamp national convention delegate selection procedures on March 1, 1969 in Washington, D.C. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma, the party's national chairman, is at right. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends.. (AP Photo, File)
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    Elise Amendola - AP
    FILE - In this Oct. 13, 1983 file photo, Presidential hopefuls, Sen. John Glenn, left, former Sen. George McGovern, center, and former Vice-President Walter Mondale, right, pause for photographers after debating the nuclear arms issue at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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    John Lindsay - AP
    FILE - In this Aug. 12, 1968, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. George McGovern (D-SD.) waves on his arrival to New York. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/John Lindsay, File)
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    Bob Schutz - AP
    FILE - In this Oct. 31, 1972 file photo, Sen. George McGovern holds up the hand of his wife Eleanor and announced to the crowd gathered in downtown Syracuse that today is their 29th wedding anniversary. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
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    Win McNamee - Getty Images
    FILE - OCTOBER 21, 2012: Former US Senator George McGovern has died in a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, aged 90. McGovern ran as the Democratic presidential candidate in the 1972 election against Richard Nixon. DENVER - AUGUST 25: Former U.S. Sen. George McGovern (D-SD) walks on the floor during day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the Pepsi Center August 25, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. The DNC, where U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will be officially nominated as the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, starts today and finishes August 28th. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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    Keystone - Getty Images
    FILE - OCTOBER 21, 2012: Former US Senator George McGovern has died in a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, aged 90. McGovern ran as the Democratic presidential candidate in the 1972 election against Richard Nixon. The American Democratic politician, Senator George McGovern, during his campaign to secure the Democratic Party nomination for the presidential elections. He is backed by many followers of the late Senator Robert Kennedy. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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    Anthony Korody - Getty Images
    FILE - OCTOBER 21, 2012: Former US Senator George McGovern has died in a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, aged 90. McGovern ran as the Democratic presidential candidate in the 1972 election against Richard Nixon. The Democratic Party presidential nominee Senator George McGovern (right) and his running mate Senator Thomas Eagleton during their campaign for election. Eagleton made American political history when he withdrew from the Democratic Party ticket after revelations about electric shock treatment he had received for bouts of mental illness. (Photo by Anthony Korody/Getty Images)
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    Pool - Getty Images
    FILE - OCTOBER 21, 2012: Former US Senator George McGovern has died in a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, aged 90. McGovern ran as the Democratic presidential candidate in the 1972 election against Richard Nixon. POTOMAC, MD - JANUARY 22: Former presidential nominee and Sen. George McGovern arrives during the funeral service for Sargent Shriver at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church January 22, 2011 in Potomac, Maryland. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., a politician and activist who was the first leader of the Peace Corps and was involved in other social programs, died this week at the age of 95. (Photo by Cliff Owen-Pool/Getty Images)
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    uncredited - AP
    FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1984 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and former Sen. George McGovern both gesture during the Democratic presidential debate in Manchester, N.H. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends.(AP Photo, File)
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    Jim Bourdier - AP
    FILE - In this March 10, 1969 file photo, Rosalie Bryant holds her two year old son, Gregory Michael as she talks to Senators George McGovern, D-S.D., right and Jacob Javits, R-N.Y., in Immokalee, Fla. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends.(AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File)
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    Peter Southwick - AP
    FILE - In this March 13, 1984 file photo, former Sen. George S. McGovern waves to supporters as he appears at his campaign headquarters in Boston, as results of the Massachusetts Presidential preference primary were allied. McGovern announced his intention to withdraw from the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Peter Southwick)
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    Uncredited - AP
    FILE - In this undated file photo, Sen. George McGovern sits in the cockpit of a training plane. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends.(AP Photo, File)
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