Margaret B. Ervin; Widow of Senator
Associated Press
MORGANTON, N.C. —
Margaret Bell Ervin, widow of U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin Jr., died Thursday at a hospital after several weeks of declining health. She was 87. Ervin, a North Carolina Democrat who gained international attention as chairman of the Senate Watergate committee in 1973, died in April, 1985.
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