Posted on November - 05 - 2011
Former Gov. Janklow says he’s dying of cancer (AP)
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Former South Dakota Gov Bill Janklow said Friday that he’s dying of brain cancer but that he’s undergoing experimental treatment that he hopes will save him
Janklow, a Republican who dominated South Dakota politics for more than a quarter century, said the cancer is aggressive and that he’s preparing to undergo treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn
“I know it’s over, I know it’s at the end of the trail, but I don’t hurt,” he told reporters gathered at his Sioux Falls law firm Friday His forehead was scarred and stapled from recent medical procedures
Janklow was elected governor in 1978 and served two four-year terms He lost the Republican Senate primary in 1986 to the incumbent, Jim Abdnor, and then joined an investment firm and later a law firm
Janklow served another two four-year terms as governor beginning in 1994 He was elected in 2002 to the US House, but his career was cut short after he sped through a stop sign and killed Randy Scott of Hardwick, Minn, in an Aug 16, 2003, accident in Moody County north of Sioux Falls
A jury convicted Janklow of second-degree manslaughter and three other charges
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