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Ryan, George Homer
Currently alive, at 79 years of age.
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US pharmacist and Republican politician
prominent opponent of capital punishment
member of Illinois house of representatives 1973-1983
Republican leader of Illinois house of representatives 1977-1981
speaker of Illinois house of representatives 1981-1983
lieutenant governor of Illinois 1983-1991
secretary of state of Illinois 1991-1999
governor of Illinois 1999-2003
1st US state governor to visit Cuba under Fidel Castro's regime 1999
imposed moratorium on all executions in Illinois 2000
issued blanket clemency to all death row prisoners in Illinois 2003, pardoning four prisoners and commuting death sentences of remaining 167 prisoners
indicted 2003 on twenty-two federal counts of racketeering, mail fraud, tax fraud, and false statements
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