Former Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham, 83
Posted: Sunday, March 16th, 2008 12:54 am
Evan Mecham, the feisty, ultra-conservative Pontiac dealer whose turbulent tenure as governor deeply divided Arizona and prompted his impeachment in 1988, died [February 21] after a long illness. He was 83. …
Mecham, who served just 15 months as Arizona’s 17th governor, spent the last four years of his life in the dementia unit of the Arizona State Veteran Home, a spokesman for the home said. He was moved to the veteran’s hospital in mid-February, almost exactly 20 years from the date he was impeached by the Arizona House of Representatives. On the morning of his death, family members moved him to the hospice, his son said. …
His death closes a chapter of Arizona history that many members of the state’s political establishment would just as soon forget. … Read full obituary
