From Deseret News archives:
Calvin Rampton, former Utah governor, dies at 93
Family beside him as he dies peacefully
Funeral services are planned for 11 a.m. Friday at the Salt Lake Parleys LDS Stake Center, 1870 E. Parleys Canyon Blvd.
On Aug. 8 he suffered a stroke and earlier had been diagnosed with cancer. He was in hospice care, where family joined him Sunday after being alerted to his failing condition, daughter Janet Warburton said.
Son Tony Rampton added, "This was not a shock, and he passed away peacefully and without pain," he said Monday. "We were all there."
Son Vince Rampton said his father was in and out of consciousness during the afternoon and passed away a little after 6 p.m. "He gave a little smile and stopped breathing."
To a generation of Utahns, Gov. Rampton was simply "the governor," because of his 12 years in office.
But what most people will likely remember about Gov. Rampton was his slow-talking, congenial style. While most called him governor to his face even after he left office they referred to him as simply Cal when talking outside his presence. He was rarely seen in public as angry or even perturbed.
A Bountiful native, Gov. Rampton retired from government service in 1977, returning to a private law practice.
Gov. Rampton ended his public career still loved by most Utahns, but one might not believe Rampton's political beginnings. He was rejected for office time after time. He lost three races for the state Senate, a race for state Democratic Party chairmanship and one that would have made him the Democratic national committeeman from Utah. He lost the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in 1962. In fact, he lost so many races in so short a span that some wondered what he was thinking when he entered the 1964 governor's race.
But it was a landslide Democratic year. Lyndon Johnson took Utah on his way to the presidency, the only time in the past 43 years that a Democratic presidential candidate carried Utah, and Gov. Rampton swung into office.
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