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George Voinovich, former Republican senator and Ohio governor, dies at 79
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/12/george-voinovich-dead-republican-senator-ohio-governor<snip>
The former US senator George Voinovich, a two-term Ohio governor who preached frugality in his personal and public life and occasionally bucked the Republican establishment, died Sunday. He was 79.
Voinovich, considered a moderate who opposed the size of George W Bush’s tax cuts and later questioned the president’s war strategy in Iraq, died peacefully in his sleep, his wife, Janet, confirmed. His death came as a surprise to friends. The Republican had delivered public remarks Friday at a 25th Slovenian Independence Day event at Cleveland City Hall. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention coming to Cleveland next month.