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Former Alabama governor recovering after heart surgery
FILE: Don Siegelman (Photo by Mike Disharoon – originally posted to Flickr as 080718_NetrootsNation_0128, CC BY-SA 2.0)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman is recuperating from heart bypass surgery.
Siegelman’s daughter, Dana Siegelman, posted Saturday on social media that her father had bypass surgery after a blockage was discovered Friday during a routine physical and tests.
According to the post, family members said the surgery went well, and that he’s hospitalized at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham.
Siegelman, a Democrat, was a dominating figure in state politics for decades.
He was elected to four statewide offices.
A jury in 2006 convicted him of bribery. He was released from prison last year. The last Democrat elected in the state, Siegelman said from the outset the case was a Republican witch hunt.
His son, Joseph Siegelman, is running for attorney general this year.
