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Dirk Kempthorne, Former Idaho Governor and U.S. Interior Secretary, Passes Away at 74

Dirk Kempthorne, the former governor of Idaho and U.S. Interior Secretary, has died at the age of 74 after battling colon cancer. His family remembers him as a devoted public servant and family man.

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