Senator George McGovern speaking at press conference
George McGovern, a decorated WWII bomber pilot who represented South Dakota in the House and the Senate, campaigned against US involvement in Vietnam in his 1972 Democratic bid for the presidency and lost in a landslide to Richard M. Nixon, died Sunday Oct. 21 He was 90. PICTURED: June 01, 1972 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - GEORGE MCGOVERN, born July 19, 1922, was a historian and author and former United States Senator from South Dakota. McGovern was also the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election. PICTURED: McGovern speaking at a press conference
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