Phyllis George, a former Miss America who co-hosted “The NFL Today” on CBS, has died at 70.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Phyllis George, a former Miss America, television personality and ex-wife of Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr.George, who had been hospitalized at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler hospital, was 70.
But it was her 1979 marriage to Brown, a self-made millionaire and Kentucky Fried Chicken magnate, that brought her to Kentucky and thrust her into the political spotlight when he decided, just 10 days after their New York wedding, to run for governor in his home state. "She won it for him, there's no doubt about that," said Terry McBrayer, who was among the Democrats who lost to Brown."They beat me fair and square, but it was her glamour and his as well."
"John was handsome, charismatic, successful, entrepreneurial, a visionary," she told The Courier Journal in 1998."But he's a little shy." “John wants me to do all these things,” she told the New York Times, “and you can't expect a person like me who's been an achiever to stay in the background. They used to say, ‘Behind every strong man there's a strong woman.’ Well, I like to say, ‘Beside every strong man there's a strong woman.'"
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