% >> Frederica: THANK YOU VERY
% MUCH.%>> THANK YOU.
% >> Frederica: AND FINALLY
% TONIGHT WE REMEMBER FORMER
% GOVERNOR TONY EARL WHO PASSED
% AWAY THURSDAY AFTER SUFFERING
% FROM A STROKE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
% AS THE 41st GOVERNOR OF
% WISCONSIN, THE FORMER DEMOCRATIC
% LEADER LEAVES A LEGACY FOR HIS
% WORK ON VARIETAL ISSUES AND
% PROMOT
% PROMOTING LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HIS
% PASSING SAY SIGNIFICANT LOSS FOR
% OUR STATE AND ALL WHO THAT'D
% FORTUNE OF MEETING AND SERVING
% WITH HIM.
% HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE
% STATE ASSEMBLY IN 1969 AND
% SERVED UNTIL 1974.
% FOLLOWING HIS TIME IN THE
% LEGISLATURE, HE WAS A STATE
% CABINET SECRETARY FOR TWO
% DEPARTMENTS UNDER THREE
% DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS.
% HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR IN 1983
% AND SERVED ONE TERM.
% AFTER ELECTED OFFICE HE WENT ON
% TO SERVE ON MANY BOARDS
% INCLUDING COMMON CAUSE WISCONSIN
% ON FIRST NATION REFORM.
% HIS DAUGHTERS SAID HE'D