ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as a vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, died Sunday, according to the office of Sen. Claire McCaskill.
The cause of death was not disclosed. Eagleton, 77, had suffered from a variety of illnesses and ailments in recent years.
"Today Missouri has a hole in its heart," McCaskill said in a statement. "Tom Eagleton managed to be a statesman, an intellectual and a man of the people all at the same time."
Eagleton served in the Senate representing Missouri from December 1968 through January 1987.
He was George McGovern's vice …
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