Phyllis George, a groundbreaking sportscasterand former Miss America who was also the first lady of Kentucky, has died.She was 70.George died Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky of complications from a blood disorder, her ex-husband, former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr., told the Louisville Courier Journal.She had managed symptoms of the blood cancer polycythemia vera since she was diagnosed in her 30s.George is also survived by her two children with Brown: technology entrepreneur Lincoln Brown andCNN White House correspondent Pamela Brown, as well as her two grandchildren.As the first woman to ...
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