Democrat Tony Earl, Former Wisconsin Governor, Dies at 86

Former Wisconsin Governor and Secretary of the state's Department of Natural Resources Tony Earl speaks during an interview in March 1992. Rich Rygh/Wisconsin State Journal via AP

MADISON, Wis.—Tony Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin’s governor in the 1980s, has died. He was 86.

Earl died on Thursday “peacefully surrounded by family,” his daughter Julia Earl texted The Associated Press. Earl had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke earlier this week.