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- Died
- Birth nameHarvey LeRoy Atwater
- Lee Atwater was born on February 26, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was married to Sally Dunbar. He died on March 29, 1991 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- SpouseSally Dunbar(1978 - March 29, 1991) (his death, 3 children)
- Longtime Republican political consultant and national party chairman.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 18-19. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 3, 1991-1993, pp. 37-38. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
- [shortly before his death] Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me.
- [shortly before his death] My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.
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