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- Birth nameStewart Lee Udall
- Stewart L. Udall was born on January 31, 1920 in St. Johns, Arizona, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963), Wallace Stegner (2009) and Rayburn: Mr. Speaker. He was married to Irmalee Webb. He died on March 20, 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
- SpouseIrmalee Webb(August 1, 1947 - December 23, 2001) (her death, 6 children)
- Was the surviving member of President John F. Kennedy's presidential cabinet.
- Father of Tom Udall.
- Uncle of Mark Udall and Kate Udall.
- Brother of Mo Udall.
- He is survived by his sons, Tom Udall, Scott Udall, Denis Udall, and Jay Udall; and daughters, Lynn Udall and Lori Udall and eight grandchildren.
- On remaining as Secretary of the Interior after President Kennedy's assassination in 1963: I think probably part of that was Lady Bird. She treasured me and we were wonderful friends.
- On the environmental and land-protection statutes: That was a wonderful time and it carried through into the Nixon administration, into the Ford administration, into the Cater administration. It lasted for 20 years. I don't remember a big fight between Republicans and Democrats in the Nixon Administration or President Gerald Ford and so on. There was a consensus that the country needed more conservation projects of the kind that we were proposing.
- On bipartisanship in recent years: Republicans and Democrats, we all worked together. We were losing the bipartisanship in the environmental area. Trying to transform our society to a clean energy and clean job society.
- [on the two party system]: Republicans and Democrats, we all worked together.
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