Eleanor McGovern, wife of Senator George McGovern, former Democratic presidential candidate, passed away today in her family home in Mitchell, South Dakota.
Eleanor had suffered from heart problems for the past five years, and had been under hospice care in their Stevensville Montana home according to former senator.
George McGovern was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972. McGovern campaigned on an anti-Vietnam platform, and lost to Richard Nixon . A long-time peace advocate, George McGovern has been critical of the Iraqi war, and has spoken frequently in public against the war. Most recently he spoke at the National Press Club - and you can read his speech here.
Prayers to the Senator and his family. Godspeed Eleanor McGovern, Godpseed.
This diary is cross-posted at Montana Netroots.