Ted_Perry's Blog

I was in Iowa covering the caucuses when I learned about the passing of former Governor Lee Dreyfus.  Our family had just moved to Wisconsin in 1979 the same year Dreyfus became Governor.  I've always been a news junkie and when I moved here I watched a lot of news trying to get used to my new home state.

I honestly didn't know a lot about politics then--I was just in middle school--but there was something very avuncular about my new governor. Maybe it was the mustache, maybe it was the red vest but he just seemed ..well, likable.

How little did I know how much I would like this guy.

Several years back when former President Nixon died, I was assigned to go to Dreyfus' home and do a quick interview. Fat  chance.  I can't tell you if Governor Dreyfus and I hit it off or if he was always this much fun to talk to and I didn't care. All I knew is that I was hearing story after wonderful story with a man who was bigger than life but still amazingly down to earth. I've often told people that is one of my favorite days in my 20 years of tv news.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family--I know what it's like to lose a dad---but what a wonderful life.

 What an interesting man.