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Kitty Dukakis, former wife Governor of Massachusetts And the 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, died at the age of 88, confirmed Fox News Digital.
His son, John Dukakis, said that the wife and mother of three children died on Friday night “surrounded by family.”
“He was born on December 26, 1936 and lived a complete life fighting to make the world a better place and share their vulnerabilities to help others face his,” he said in a statement. “She was loving, fighter and fun, and had a great sensitivity to people in all areas of life. She and our father, Michael Dukakis, shared an enviable association for more than 60 years and loved them deeply. Thanks to all those who have touched our lives over the years or our mother touched.”
Michael and Kitty Dukakis respond to delegates’s cheers at the end of the National Democratic Convention. (Getty images)
The Washington Post and the New York Times reported that John Dukakis said that his mother’s death was complications of dementia and that she died at her home in Brookline, Mass.
Kitty Dukakis was the first lady of Massachusetts during the three non -consecutive terms of her husband and supported Michael Dukakis during her presidential fault against Vice President George Hw Bush.
In what was considered a crucial moment of the campaign, Michael Dukakis He was asked about CNN Bernard Shaw moderator during the first presidential debate: “The governor, if Kitty Dukakis was raped and killed, would it favor an irrevocable death penalty for the murderer?” He responded flatly: “No, no, Bernard,” and reiterated his opposition to the death penalty.
Kitty Dukakis then said that her husband admitted “I really did”, with an answer that was widely perceived as without emotions and deaf. She also condemned the question as “scandalous.”
The governor of Massachusetts, John Dukakis and Kitty Dukakis, are on the podium to consent to the loss of their presidential campaign in Boston, November 1988. (Mikki Anin/Getty images)
In his 60 years, Kitty dukakis, supported by her husband, became a defender of Electroconvulsive therapy To treat depression. She is the author of the books that opened on her addiction to diet and alcohol pills.
She was in a Jewish history, although her husband was an orthodox Greek. A defender for a long time that he participated in projects on issues that include homeless, refugees and AIDS, Kitty Dukakis was appointed by former President Jimmy Carter, and by former President Hw Bush, his husband’s former rival, to the commissions that led to the creation of the United States. Holocaust Memorial Museum In Washington, DC
Michael and Kitty Dukakis talk to journalists while waiting for the results of the primary Democratic governor of Massachusetts in Boston on September 19, 1978. (Barbara Alper/Getty Images)
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His father was Ellis Dickson, the first violinist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a director of Boston Pops. He detailed a more complicated relationship with his mother, Jane (Goldberg) Dickson, in his first book, “Now you know.”
