OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former Oklahoma Gov. David Boren, who became one of the nation’s youngest governors in the 1970s at age 33 and later helped shape national intelligence as a U.S. senator, has died. He was 83.
Boren, who went on to serve as president of the University of Oklahoma after retiring from politics, died early Thursday at his home near Newcastle, said Bob Burke, a longtime family friend. He said Boren’s death was the result of complications from diabetes.
The son of a Democratic congressman, Boren quickly followed in his father’s footsteps into elected office and oversaw a dramatic downsizing of government in Oklahoma, where over decades
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