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Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer has died at 77
By KEVIN McGILLMay 17, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this March 3, 2012 file photo, former Louisiana Gov. Charles Buddy Roemer gestures during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La. Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisiana’s governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes, budgets and abortion, died Monday, May 17, 2021, at age 77. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
FILE - In this March 3, 2012 file photo, former Louisiana Gov. Charles Buddy Roemer gestures during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La. Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisiana’s governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes, budgets and abortion, died Monday, May 17, 2021, at age 77. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer dies at 77
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Republican presidential candidate, former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, speaks during a news conference to announce that he won t abandon the presidential race on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) â Buddy Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisanaâs governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes, budgets and abortion, died Monday at age 77.
His son, Chas Roemer, said the former governor died peacefully at his home in Baton Rouge after a long battle with diabetes. He was surrounded by family, Chas Roemer said.
FILE - In this March 3, 2012 file photo, former Louisiana Gov. Charles Buddy Roemer gestures during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La. Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisianaâs governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes, budgets and abortion, died Monday, May 17, 2021, at age 77. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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