Zell Miller, the former Georgia governor and U.S. senator, has died following a battle with Parkinson’s Disease, his family said Friday. He said Miller “passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side.”Miller was the 79th governor of Georgia, serving from 1991 through 1999. Miller’s political career began in 1959, when he served as mayor of Young Harris, moving on to become a Georgia state senator from 1961 to 1965. He then served as Georgia’s lieutenant governor from 1975 to 1991, making him the longest serving lieutenant governor in Georgia’s history. As governor, Miller created the Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship, and Georgia’s voluntary pre-kindergarten program.

Source: Fox News March 23, 2018 15:03 UTC