As reported in Yahoo! News:
MITCHELL, S.D. - Eleanor McGovern, the wife of former Sen. George McGovern, died Thursday, according to a funeral home. She was 85
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(She) was born Nov. 25, 1921, in Woonsocket, S.D. She was introduced to her future husband when her debate team defeated McGovern's while he was a student at Mitchell High School.
Her memoir, "Uphill: A Personal Story," was published in 1973.
She was a classy woman, the real deal.
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