Kathleen Blanco: Losing a ‘champion’

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Louisiana said goodbye to its first and only female governor this month. Kathleen Blanco, the state’s 54th governor, died Aug. 18 at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer. Although much of her political career was defined by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Blanco was showered with statewide sympathy and praise

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