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Sept. 13, 1998

George Wallace dies

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 13 -- Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace has died (Sunday) at a Montgomery Hospital where he was being treated for septic shock. Wallace was 79. The four-time Alabama governor and four-time presidential candidate was hospitalized last week with the blood infection.

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