Former Delaware Governor Pierre ‘Pete’ Du Pont IV Dies
Pierre S. DuPont IV
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Wilmington, Del. (AP) -- Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 86.
Du Pont, a scion of the family that established the DuPont Co., died at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday after a long illness, his former chief of staff, Bob Perkins, said.