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Kitty Dukakis, wife of former Massachusetts governor and failed Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, dead at 88

2025-03-23

[NYPOST] Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, died on Friday at her Brookline home, her family said.

The cause of her death was said to have been complications from dementia, her son, John, told The Washington Post.

Dukakis, 88, is survived by her 91-year-old husband, Michael Dukakis, who lost the 1988 presidential election to Vice President George H. W. Bush.

She served as Massachusetts' first lady from 1975 to 1979 and then again from 1983 to 1991, during her husband's three terms as the Bay State's governor.

Posted by:Fred

#1 1990: She was in a bad way
KITTY DUKAKIS SAYS SHE DRANK HAIR SPRAY TO INDUCE `OBLIVION'
Published: Aug 27, 1990, 12:00 a.m. MDT
By Deseret News

Kitty Dukakis, wife of 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Michael Dukakis, says she drank hair spray, after-shave and other household products to induce "oblivion" and fight depression before seeking help.

The Massachusetts first lady wrote in her new book that she ingested mouthwash, after-shave, vanilla extract, nail-polish remover and Tylenol laced with codeine before entering an Alabama clinic in April to combat her substance-abuse problem, the Boston Sunday Globe reported Sunday."The last thing I swallowed was hair spray," Dukakis wrote in her book "Now You Know," to be released this week.

Dukakis, 53, was also hospitalized last November after drinking rubbing alcohol.

Posted by: Frank G 2025-03-23 09:11

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