Teresa McGovern

Teresa McGovern (known as Terry) was the daughter of 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern. She resided in Madison, Wisconsin

She is the namesake of the Teresa McGovern [Teresa McGovern Center] , an alcohol & drug rehabilitation facility located in Madison. She is also the subject of the book "Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism" (ISBN-0452278236) by George McGovern.

[Correction: The photo that was on this site is not a photo of Teresa McGovern but of a sister).

Terry, 45, died of exposure December 13, 1994, in Madison after a 30-year battle with alcoholism. She had been in and out of alcohol-treatment programs since moving there in the 1970s.

She had moved into a new apartment the day before her body was found behind a printing shop on Williamson Street following a bitterly cold night.

ISBN-10: 0452278236 ISBN-13: 978-0452278233

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