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Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm
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| News Date | Sunday, March 20, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Arkansas Health Department director Dr. Fay Boozman, appointed to the post in 1999 after an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate, died Saturday in an apparent farm accident.
Boozman was 58 years old. He is survived by his wife, Vickie; their three children; his brother, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark.; and their mother, who lives in Fort Smith.
Officials said Fay Boozman was working by himself in his barn in Rogers when part of the barn gave way and crushed him at 4 p.m. Saturday. The Boozman family didn't want further details released.
"The family is still trying to get ahold of extended family and are really grieving, but they are together in Rogers," said John Boozman's spokesman, Patrick Creamer, in a telephone interview.
Gov. Mike Huckabee was also grieving over his close friend and cabinet member.
"Dr. Fay Boozman was not only one of my most trusted team members, but he was a close personal friend and Christian brother," Gov. Mike Huckabee said in a statement from his office. "One of my happiest days as governor was when he became director of the Department of Health. His death will mark the very saddest day."
Boozman ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1998, losing to Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. He returned immediately to Republican Party politics and was appointed to lead the Health Department just three months after the election loss. |
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