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Former Idaho Gov. John Evans has died [View all]
BOISE -- Former Idaho Governor John Victor Evans Sr. passed away this morning. He was 89 years old.
A spokesperson for the Summers Funeral Home in Boise says Evans died at 3:32 a.m. Tuesday at his home in Boise.
Evans, a Democrat, became governor on Jan. 24. 1977 after then-Democratic Gov. Cecil Andrus resigned to take over as Secretary of the Interior for President Carter. He was elected governor in 1978 and re-elected in 1982.
Evans was born on Jan. 18, 1925 in Malad, Idaho. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war he attended Stanford University and graduated in 1951.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Former-Idaho-Gov-John-Evans-has-died-266240081.html
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