Former U.S. Sen. and Georgia Gov. Zell Miller died Friday morning at age 86, according to his family.
Bryan Miller said his grandfather died “peacefully surrounded by his family.”
Miller, a lifelong Democrat, was known for creating the state’s lottery-funded HOPE scholarship program.
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