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Former Illinois Governor Dan Walker Dies
The son of the one-term governor confirms that Walker died overnight Wednesday in California. He was 92. In 1987, he was sentenced to federal prison time for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in loans. He's survived by his wife and seven children.