Former New Hampshire Governor Hugh Gregg died this morning.
He was 85.
He died at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center after a brief illness.
Gregg was governor from 1953 to 1955, but he's been called an icon in state politics.
New Hampshire Public Radio's Mark Bevis has more.
HUGH GREGG�S REPUTATION FAR OUTWEIGHS THE TWO YEARS HE SPENT AS GOVERNOR.
THOSE WHO KNEW HIM ARE CALLING THE NASHUA REPUBLICAN A GENTLEMAN AND A GREAT STATESMAN.
HE�S ALSO KNOWN AS PERHAPS THE SINGLE GREATEST FORCE BEHIND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY.
HUGH GREGG WAS BORN IN NASHUA, WENT TO PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY, THEN YALE, THEN HARVARD LAW SCHOOL.
DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND AGAIN DURING THE KOREAN WAR HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY.
AND IN THE EARLY 1950s, HE GOT INTO POLITICS.
FORMER GOVERNOR WALTER PETERSON REMEMBERS HIM FROM THOSE DAYS.
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FORMER GOVERNOR WALTER PETERSON.
HUGH GREGG IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE CATHERINE, HIS TWO SONS, JUDD AND CYRUS, 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND A GREAT GRANDCHILD.
THE GREGG FAMILY IS PLANNING A PRIVATE FUNERAL.
FOR NHPR NEWS, THIS IS MARK BEVIS
