People News Roundup: Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's first woman governor, dies, led state through hurricanes

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Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's first woman governor, dies, led state through hurricanes

Trailblazing former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, whose tenure was dominated by the trauma of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, has died from complications of cancer, the state's current governor said on Sunday. She was 76. Blanco, a Democrat, was the first woman elected to lead the state, serving as governor from 2004 to 2008.