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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Ted Schwinden, who served two terms as Montana governor, dies at age 98

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Ted Schwinden, a wheat farmer and Word War II veteran who gained national attention for keeping his home phone number listed during two terms as Montana's governor, has died. He was 98.

Schwinden died Saturday in Phoenix at his daughter's home, son Dore Schwinden said Monday. The cause of death was “old age," his son said: “He went to sleep in the afternoon and didn’t wake up.”

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