Missouri House member Bean dies at 68
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Missouri Dist. 163 Rep. Otto "Ott" Bean Jr., R-Holcomb, a modest farmer born and raised in the Bootheel who championed the philosophy of fairness in state politics, died at Memphis Sunday after a number of fruitless attempts to cure a blood disorder. He was 68.
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