NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Pauline Gore, whose son Al become vice president and nearly captured the presidency and whose husband served a lengthy and distinguished career in Congress, died Wednesday. She was 92.
Mrs. Gore, who had been weakened in recent years by strokes and a heart attack, died in her hometown of Carthage, said James Bass of Bass Funeral Home. The cause of death was not immediately available.
Trained as a lawyer, Pauline Gore was a familiar figure on the campaign trails of her late husband, Albert Gore Sr., and her son, Al Gore Jr.
In Tennessee, she was nearly as widely known as her husband and played a central role in much of his campaign strategy. Gore Sr. served in the House from 1939-1953 and in the Senate from 1953-70.
“She was my father’s closest adviser,” the then-vice president said in 1999. “Together, they strengthened the future of this great country.”
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