George McGovern, former presidential candidate, dies

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — George McGovern, the three-term senator from South Dakota and 1972 presidential candidate whose candidacy was marred by a running mate forced to withdraw over mental health issues, has died. He was 90.

McGovern died at 5:15 a.m. local time Sunday at a Sioux Falls hospice, surrounded by family and lifelong friends, family spokesman Steve Hildebrand told The Associated Press....

"He has an exciting life in many respects, even in terms of presidential candidates," said Thomas Knock, a history professor at Southern Methodist University who is writing a two-volume biography of McGovern. "The story of his service in the war reads almost like a movie script."...