South Dakota's Bill Janklow dies at age 72
Bill Janklow, South Dakota's former governor and congressman, died this morning, news reports say. He was 72.
He'd said in November that he suffered from brain cancer.
Janklow served four terms as governor and was elected to Congress in 2002 but resigned after he caused a fatal traffic accident in 2003.
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