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FILE -This Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 file photo shows Former Michigan Gov. William Milliken before the dedication of the William G. Milliken State Park & Harbor in Detroit. William G. Milliken, Michigan’s longest-serving governor who established a record of environmental conservation and bipartisan cooperation that made him popular among Republicans and Democrats, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at age 97, a family spokesman said. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio,)
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 1980 file photo, Republican nominee for Vice President George Bush, left, and Gerald Ford wave to crowds at a rally in Bloomfield, Mich. as they are joined by Republican presidential-hopeful Ronald Reagan and Michigan Gov. William G. Milliken, Michigan’s longest-serving governor who established a record of environmental conservation and bipartisan cooperation that made him popular among Republicans and Democrats, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at age 97, a family spokesman said.(AP Photo/Walt Zeboski, File)
FILE - In this Monday, May 17, 1976 file photo, U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr., right, and Michigan Gov. William G. Milliken, second from right, sit on the platform during Commencement ceremonies at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. William G. Milliken, Michigan’s longest-serving governor who established a record of environmental conservation and bipartisan cooperation that made him popular among Republicans and Democrats, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at age 97, a family spokesman said. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)