George McGovern FILE - This 1944 file photo provided by the
McGovern family shows George McGovern when he
received the Distinguished Flying Cross. 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 a spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21,
2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by
family and friends. (AP Photo/McGovern Family,
File)
George McGovern 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)
AP Photo, File
George McGovern, John F. Kennedy FILE - In this June 1960 file photo, U.S. Rep. George McGovern, joins Sen. John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail in Sioux Falls, S.D. 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 a spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo, File)
AP Photo, File
Obit McGovern FILE - In this Feb. 28, 1961 file photo, George McGovern sits at his desk in Washington, D.C. 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 a spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo, File)
AP Photo, File
Obit McGovern 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)
AP Photo/John Lindsay, File
George McGovern, Fred Harris 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)
AP Photo, File
Obit McGovern 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)
AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File
George McGovern, Robert Dole FILE - In this Aug. 23, 1970 file photo, Sens.
George McGovern, D-S.D. left, and Robert Dole, R-
Kan., are interviewed on ABC's "Issues and
Answers" in Washington. 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/ABC Television, File)
AP Photo/ABC Television, File
George McGovern, Salvador Luria, Harry Palevsky 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)
AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File
George McGovern, Teresa McGovern FILE - In this April 25, 1972 file photo, Sen. George S. McGovern, D-S.D., signals victory as he talks with the media as his daughter Teresa, stands by in Boston, after he won the Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary. 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)
AP Photo
George McGovern, Eleanor McGovern, Teresa McGovern FILE - In this June 21, 1972 file photo, Sen. George McGovern, Democratic presidential candidate, has breakfast with his daughter Teresa, center, and his wife Eleanor at his hotel Biltmore headquarters in New York following primary victory in New York State. 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/Ray Stubblebine)
AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine
Shirley MacLaine, George McGovern FILE - In this May 23, 1972 file photo, actress Shirley MacLaine, left, joins Sen. George McGovern in political discussions while the two appeared at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore. When McGovern, aided by party rules he helped revise, became the surprise contender in 1972, the left felt revived. MacLaine was among the young Hollywood stars who backed McGovern. (AP Photo/Barry Sweet, File)
AP Photo/Barry Sweet, File
Obit McGovern FILE - In this July 14, 1972 file photo, Sen.
George S. McGovern makes his acceptance speech at
the Democratic National Convention in Miami
Beach. At left is his running mate, Sen. Thomas
F. Eagleton of Missouri, and at right, convention
chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien. 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)
AP Photo
Obit McGovern FILE - In this July 14, 1972 file photo, Sen.
George S. McGovern with his wife, Eleanor, and
Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton with his wife, Barbara
Ann, stand before the Democratic National
Convention delegates who chose them to try to
capture the White House from President Richard
Nixon in Miami. 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)
AP Photo
George McGovern FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1972 file photo, with the pictures of former Democratic Presidents Kennedy and Johnson behind him, Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., introduces Sargent Shriver as his new vice presidential running mate to the Democratic National Committee in Washington. 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 a spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo, File)
AP Photo, File
George McGovern, Eleanor McGovern 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)
AP Photo/Bob Schutz
Obit McGovern FILE - In this March 25, 1974 file photo, Sen.
George McGovern of South Dakota listens to
constituents as he arrives at Pierre, S.D.
airport. 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 Mone, File)
George McGovern 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)
McGovern Castro FILE - In this May 8, 1975 file photo, South Dakota Senator George McGovern goes for a jeep ride with Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, behind the wheel, during the senator's visit to Cuba. 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 a spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)
AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File
George McGovern 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)
Jesse Jackson, George McGovern 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)
AP Photo, File
Hillary Rodham Clinton, George McGovern FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2007 file photo Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., poses with former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern before speaking at the Johnson County Democrats' annual barbecue in Iowa City, Iowa. 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 a spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File
George McGovern FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2011, file photo, former Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. George McGovern arrives for the funeral Mass for R. Sargent Shriver at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Potomac, Md. Family spokesman said he passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and life-long friends early Sunday morning Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool, File)
AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool, File
GEORGE McGOVERN This Sept. 11, 2012 photo shows former Sen. George
McGovern, 90, in Sioux Falls, S.D. 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/Dirk Lammers)
