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Late Zell Miller recalled as the ‘Michelangelo’ of politics

Georgia Gov. Zell Miller waves to delegates at the Democratic Convention on July 13, 1992, in New York, where he gave the keynote address for the nomination of Bill Clinton. Miller died Friday, March 23, 2018, at age 86.

0325 ZELL MILLER — Georgia Gov. Zell Miller waves to delegates at the Democratic Convention on July 13, 1992, in New York, where he gave the keynote address for the nomination of Bill Clinton. Miller died Friday, March 23, 2018, at age 86.

YOUNG HARRIS — A governor and senator, friend and counselor to presidents, Zell Miller walked the marbled halls of American power. He was remembered more simply Monday, March 26, as a “Methodist and Marine” whose accomplished public life was the outgrowth of personal virtues traced to his Appalachian roots.