Al Quie dead at 99

[NewYorkExpress]

https://apnews.com/article/al-quie-dies-minnesota-906df5ea60962c4fee58291e40a1d6b7

Former Minnesota Gov. Al Quie, a moderate Republican known for working across the aisle as both governor and as a congressman, has died. He was 99.

[jojoju1998]

The WW2 Generation although not perfect; helped create a solid foundation for future progress to occur.

I'm afraid that foundation is slowly dissolving.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Weicker, Buckley, Quie, I wonder who is next? Maybe Fred Harris? Seems like the last of the WWII vets/1960s-1970s politicians still alive are starting to die off.

[jojoju1998]

Weicker, Buckley, Quie, I wonder who is next? Maybe Fred Harris? Seems like the last of the WWII vets/1960s-1970s politicians still alive are starting to die off.

And Kissinger still lives.

[nerd73]

Weicker, Buckley, Quie, I wonder who is next? Maybe Fred Harris? Seems like the last of the WWII vets/1960s-1970s politicians still alive are starting to die off.

And Kissinger still lives.

He's sucking the blood out of everyone born in the 1920s, obviously.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Weicker, Buckley, Quie, I wonder who is next? Maybe Fred Harris? Seems like the last of the WWII vets/1960s-1970s politicians still alive are starting to die off.

And Kissinger still lives.

Only the good die young. So Kissinger is immortal

[Del Tachi]

Weicker, Buckley, Quie, I wonder who is next? Maybe Fred Harris? Seems like the last of the WWII vets/1960s-1970s politicians still alive are starting to die off.

Living former members of Congress who served in World War II:

Frank Guarini (D-NJ), William Whitehurst (R-VA), Lucien Nedzi (D-MI), Benjamin Blackburn (R-GA), Austin Murphy (D-PA), Jim Symington (D-MO) and Daniel J. Evans (R-WA)

[Mr. Smith]

Weicker, Buckley, Quie, I wonder who is next? Maybe Fred Harris? Seems like the last of the WWII vets/1960s-1970s politicians still alive are starting to die off.

And Kissinger still lives.

Only the good die young. So Kissinger is immortal

Are you saying Jimmy Carter is a villain?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The WW2 Generation although not perfect; helped create a solid foundation for future progress to occur.

I'm afraid that foundation is slowly dissolving.

Strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men.
The truth of this is timeless.

[LastMcGovernite]

Weicker, Buckley, Quie, I wonder who is next? Maybe Fred Harris? Seems like the last of the WWII vets/1960s-1970s politicians still alive are starting to die off.

Harris and (alas!) Bob Packwood are the two surviving U.S. senators from the 1960s.