School. They had four daughters together, and were married for more than 30 years before separating in 1995. Their divorce was finalized in 2003. In 2011, Earl married Jane Nemke. Earl had a stroke on February 19, 2023, and died four days later, on February 23, at the UW Health University Hospital, at the age of 86. Electoral history Wisconsin Assembly, Marathon 2nd district (1969, 1970) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Special Election, October 7, 1969 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 3, 1970 Wisconsin Assembly, 85th district (1972) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 7, 1972 Wisconsin Attorney General (1974) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Democratic Party Primary, September 10, 1974 Wisconsin Governor (1982, 1986) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Democratic Party Primary, September 14, 1982 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 2, 1982 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Democratic Party Primary, September 9, 1986 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 4, 1986 U.S. Senate (1988) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Democratic Party Primary, September 13, 1988 References External links Biography from the National Governors Association |- 1936 births 2023 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American naval officers 20th-century American politicians Candidates in the 1974 United States elections Candidates in the 1988 United States elections Democratic Party governors of Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Michigan State University alumni Military personnel from Michigan People from St. Ignace, Michigan Wisconsin lawyers