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from Eyewitness News Online URGENT George McGovern hospitalized in South Dakota October 25, 2011 6:42 PM SIOUX FALLS, S.D. A hospital spokeswoman says former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized for fatigue in South Dakota. Avera McKennan Hospital spokeswoman Julie Ward says the former senator from South Dakota was admitted to the Sioux Falls hospital for fatigue following the completion of a lecture tour. She says doctors expect the 89-year-old to make a full recovery and be released in a couple of days. Ward says the family has asked for privacy at this time so McGovern can rest and recover. McGovern ran for president against President Richard Nixon in 1972 and lost in a historic landslide. |
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