By NBC News staff
Former Senator George McGovern, who lost a 1972 presidential bid to?Richard Nixon in a historic landslide,?died early Sunday, his family said in a statement.
The 90-year-old passed away?at a hospice in?Sioux Falls, SD.
Steve Hildebrand, a spokesman for the family, issued a statement to NBC News which read: "At approximately 5:15 am CT [6: 15 a.m. ET] this morning, our wonderful father, George McGovern passed away peacefully at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD, surrounded by our family and life-long friends.
"We are blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful and productive life advocating for the hungry, being a progressive voice for millions and fighting for peace.
"He continued giving speeches, writing and advising all the way up to and past his 90th birthday, which he celebrated this summer."
McGovern was a bomber pilot in World War II who became an early critic of the Vietnam War and a leader of the Democrats' liberal wing.? ?He was elected to his first of three Senate terms in 1962.
McGovern ran for president three times, also making a try for the nomination in 1968 and 1984.? ?Despite the 1972 Watergate break-in, Nixon won a second term by a huge landslide.
There will be more on this story shortly.
Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/21/14592769-former-senator-george-mcgovern-dies-aged-90?lite
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