He was a true Gentleman and a long time family friend.
He will be missed.
Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. dies at age 87 Sun Jun 27,2010
UVALDE, Texas – Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe's family says the two-term conservative Democrat has died at his Uvalde, Texas home at the age of 87.
Family spokeswoman Ann Arnold says the rancher and banker died Sunday after a lengthy illness. Arnold says Briscoe had been hospitalized in January and had returned home only recently.
Briscoe was governor from 1972 through 1978, presiding over Texas during an
oil and gas boom before suffering a stunning Democratic primary upset in 1978 to Attorney General John Hill. Hill went on to lose to Republican Bill Clements, who became the first Republican Texas governor since Reconstruction.
In 2008, the University of Texas at Austin named its Center for American History for Briscoe, who donated $15 million to the center.