Former Texas Governor Ann Richards has died at the age of 73.

From the linked article:

"I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone,' " Richards told an interviewer shortly before leaving office in January 1995.

Richards of course was beaten by George W. Bush in 1994.

I remember the Doritos commercials she and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo starred in shortly after both were defeated in their re-election campaigns (Cuomo lost to George Pataki, who will soon be replaced by dynamo Dem Elliot Spitzer). It showed that both deposed Democrats had a lot of grace and humor, even in defeat.

Ann Richard's daughter is Cecile Richards, the new President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Since there are no instructions in the linked post about what to send in lieu of flowers, I suggest sending PPFA some love.

And then lets go out and win in November for Ann.