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NELSON…* FILE **Former Wisconsin governor, senator and founder of Earth Day Gaylord A. Nelson stands in a prarie of blooming wildflowers at Governor Nelson State Park in Waunakee, Wis., in this July 23, 2001, file photo. Nelson died of cardiovascular disease Sunday, July 3, 2005, at his home in Kensington, Md., according to his family. He was 89. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tom Lynn)