at Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut. A terminal at Bradley International Airport is named in his honor. He was eulogized by his fellow Connecticut politicians as Trumanesque. "I always thought the secret to his success was that he was genuine," said John Droney, who was chairman of the state Democratic party during O'Neill's last term. "He was honest. And he projected the image of an ordinary man called upon to do extraordinary things. He was, in my view, the Harry Truman of Connecticut." Republican state chairman Chris Healy called O'Neill "a good and decent man who served his state and country with distinction." References William Oneill External links The Political Graveyard National Governors Association William A. O'Neill: Connecticut State Archives Connecticut State Library Deaths from emphysema Democratic Party governors of Connecticut Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut 1930 births 2007 deaths Drinking establishment owners Military personnel from Connecticut 20th-century American politicians