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Longtime [MN] state senator Allan Spear dies
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| Contributor | RMF |
| Last Edited | RMF Oct 12, 2008 08:26pm |
| Category | Obituary |
| News Date | Oct 12, 2008 08:25pm |
| Description | MINNEAPOLIS - Allan H. Spear, a former state Senate president who became one of the first openly gay legislators in the country, has died. He was 71.
Spear died Saturday of complications following heart surgery on Thursday, said Don Jorovsky, a longtime friend who used to work for Spear.
A member of the Minnesota DFL Party and resident of Minneapolis, Spear was first elected in 1972 and retired in 2000. He was Senate president from 1993 to 2000 and was the first non-attorney to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
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