A gentle political giant and great governor from less rancorous times has passed.

WILLIAM MILLIKEN | 1922-2019
Michigan's environmental champion
Longest-serving governor left legacy in the Great Lakes state

William Milliken, who was Michigan's longest- serving governor and a champion for Detroit, the environment, and a far more moderate Republican Party, died Friday. He was 97.

Milliken, who was governor from 1969 to 1983, was a World War II air combat veteran, a retailer, state senator and lieutenant governor [[to George Romney), all before becoming Michigan's 44th governor.

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