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Kentucky Insurance Businessman Lampton Dies

Dinwiddie Lampton Jr., a prominent Louisville insurance executive and horse enthusiast who once ran for Kentucky governor, has died. He was 94.

The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported that Lampton died Sept. 25 at his home in Lexington.

Lampton ran unsuccessfully in the 1987 Democratic gubernatorial primary.

He was the longtime president of American Life & Accident Insurance Co., headquartered in downtown Louisville.

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