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FILE - Former Gov. Winfield Dunn uses a video camera to record a speech by Rep. Beth Harwell after Harwell was elected Tennessee's first female House speaker on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. At left is Dunn's wife, Betty. Dunn, who left dentistry to make a successful run for office in 1970 without having previously held public office, has died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at age 97. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - Former Gov. Winfield Dunn uses a video camera to record a speech by Rep. Beth Harwell after Harwell was elected Tennessee's first female House speaker on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. At left is Dunn's wife, Betty. Dunn, who left dentistry to make a successful run for office in 1970 without having previously held public office, has died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at age 97. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - Former Tennessee Gov. Winfield Dunn, left, Gov. Phil Bredesen and former Gov. Ned McWherter, right, attend the 30th anniversary party for the Tennessee Housing Development Agency at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, June 13, 2003. Dunn has died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at age 97. (Nina Long/The Tennessean via AP, File)

FILE - Former Tennessee Gov. Winfield Dunn, left, Gov. Phil Bredesen and former Gov. Ned McWherter, right, attend the 30th anniversary party for the Tennessee Housing Development Agency at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, June 13, 2003. Dunn has died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at age 97. (Nina Long/The Tennessean via AP, File)