Former Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl suffered a stroke this week and is now receiving palliative care, his oldest daughter Julia Earl stated Tuesday.
Earl, 86, is a Democrat, who served one time period as governor from 1983 to 1987. He was a champion of homosexual rights and a staunch environmentalist.
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Earl was defeated in 1986 by Republican Tommy Thompson. Earl’s political profession ended after he misplaced a Democratic main race for U.S. Senate in 1988 to Herb Kohl, however he went on to turn into a number one advocate for marketing campaign and election finance reforms and a champion of environmental causes.
“Our dad is surrounded by family members,” Julia Earl stated in a textual content message to The Related Press. “He’s receiving palliative care and is at peace and painfree. We respect the real help and love shared by household and pals.”
Present Gov. Tony Evers, throughout a cease Monday in Eau Claire, stated Earl was “critically sick” and “we’re praying for him.”
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“He’s a rare human being and did an ideal job as governor and an excellent chief of the state of Wisconsin,” WEAU-TV quoted Evers as saying about Earl. “I noticed him perhaps a yr in the past now, and he was in good spirits.”
Earl is one in all six residing former Wisconsin governors. Along with Thompson, the others are Scott Walker, Jim Doyle, Scott McCallum and Martin Schreiber.
Tony Earl in 1992, after returning to apply regulation following his single time period as governor.
Earl was celebrated by pals and colleagues, together with a number of former governors, at a “Toasting Tony Earl” occasion held in 2019 in Madison to honor the fiftieth anniversary of Earl’s election to the state Meeting. Attendees praised Earl as a champion for equal pay, conservation and public training.
“One of many hallmarks of Tony has all the time been his smile,” Thompson stated on the occasion. “I can’t bear in mind an occasion during which anybody who bumped into Tony wasn’t warmed by his smile. His smile was a mirrored image of his kindness, a kindness anybody on this room has most definitely loved.”
The state Division of Pure Sources in 2019 renamed the Peshtigo River State Forest as Governor Earl Peshtigo State Forest.
State Journal reporter Mitchell Schmidt contributed to this report.
Photographs: Wisconsin dignitaries collect in Madison to toast former Gov. Tony Earl
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From left: former Gov. Martin Schreiber, Gov. Tony Evers, former Gov. Tommy Thompson, former Gov. Tony Earl, former Gov. Scott McCallum and former Gov. Jim Doyle.
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From left: DNR Secretary Preston Cole, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, former Gov. Jim Doyle, Jessica Doyle, former Gov. Martin Schreiber, former Gov. Tommy Thompson.
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Jane Nemke Earl, left, and former Gov. Tony Earl
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Former Gov. Tony Earl, left, and his spouse, Jane Nemke Earl.
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Former Ambassador to Norway and Wisconsin Meeting Speaker Tom Loftus presided over the occasion.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett
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Former Gov. Martin Schreiber, who held the workplace from 1977-79.
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Former U.S. Well being and Human Companies Secretary Tommy Thompson, who was governor from 1987-2001.
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Brenda DeVita of American Gamers Theatre. Whereas governor, Tony Earl helped safe a federal grant that allowed the theatre to restructure debt and stay open throughout some tough early years.
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Tia Nelson, daughter of former governor and U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson.
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Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, former Gov. Scott McCallum and Gov. Tony Evers.
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Gov. Tony Evers
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DNR Secretary Preston Cole
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DNR Secretary Preston Cole, left, and Gov. Tony Evers reveal an indication formally naming the Peshtigo River State Forest in northeastern Wisconsin after Tony Earl.
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A lineup of memento glasses commemorating Tony Earl’s 50 years of service to the state of Wisconsin.
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Tom Loftus gives a toast.
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