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Monday, June 28, 2010

Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Dies

Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr., the wealthy scion of a storied family descended from a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, died Sunday after a lengthy illness, according to a family statement. He was 87.
Briscoe had been hospitalized in January and had returned home only recently, according to family spokeswoman Ann Arnold. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Sitting on the right in the picture below...........
Former Texas Govs. Mark 
White, left, and Dolph 
Briscoe Jr. meet with Gov. Rick Perry in 2007. Briscoe, a Democrat, 
remained active in politics after leaving office.

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