Longtime Michigan attorney general Frank Kelley dies
ED WHITE, Associated Press
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DETROIT (AP) Frank J. Kelley, affectionately called the “eternal general” for his 37 years as Michigan s longest-serving attorney general, has died at age 96, his family said Saturday.
Kelley, a Democrat, served from 1961 to 1999, winning statewide election 10 times. He moved to Naples, Florida, in 2020 and died Friday night, said spokesman Chris De Witt, who didn t give a cause of death.
Kelley was the state government s top lawyer at a time of sweeping change in politics and culture. He was credited with creating consumer and environmental protection divisions in the attorney general s office and was a defender of civil rights.