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WHEN CONNECTICUT'S then-secretary of state first ran for governor in 1974, her bumper stickers said only, "Ella"; no further identification was needed. Ella Grasso always enjoyed a comfortable friendship with the people of Connecticut. From her roots in the state's unique reform "machine," she learned a healthy respect for citizens' wishes and a pugnacious dedication to getting things done. When she became the nation's first woman governor elected in her own right, she proclaimed, with characteristic honesty, the victory first and foremost for the working people of the state and, in her six years...
...Grasso died at 5:49 p.m. of a cardiac arrest following multiple organ failure, hospital spokesman James Battaglio said yesterday...
...Grasso's husband, Thomas, and her children James and Susan, were at her-bedside when she died...
...William A. O'Neill said Grasso would "receive every honor as a head of state should," adding that her body would lie in state at the Connecticut State Capitol from 11 a.m. Sunday to 11 a.m. Monday...
...Neill, speaking about two and a half hours after Grasso's death, said, "My heart goes out to all the governor's family and friends around the state. My own personal heart is breaking...