What is Brad Dye?
'''Brad J. Dye, Jr.'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olemissalumni.com/distinguished-alumni-receive-prestigious-awards/|title=Distinguished Alumni Receive Prestigious Awards|website=Olemissalumni.com|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916204703/http://www.olemissalumni.com/distinguished-alumni-receive-prestigious-awards/|url-status=deviated|archivedate=16 September 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916204703/http://www.olemissalumni.com/distinguished-alumni-receive-prestigious-awards/}}</ref> (December 20, 1933 – July 1, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was born in [[Charleston, Mississippi|Charleston]], [[Mississippi]]. Dye served three 4-year terms as [[List of lieutenant governors of Mississippi|27th]] [[Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi]] from 1980 until 1992. He served under [[William Winter]], [[William Allain]] and [[Ray Mabus]]. Dye was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Dye died of [[respiratory failure]] on July 1, 2018 in [[Ridgeland, Mississippi|Ridgeland]], Mississippi at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/mississippi/articles/2018-07-01/dye-longtime-mississippi-lieutenant-governor-dies-at-84|title=Dye, Longtime Mississippi Lieutenant Governor, Dies at 84|website=Usnews.com|access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050425000827/http://anna.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/crda/oh/ohdyebb.html Oral History Project] * {{C-SPAN|braddye}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dye, Brad}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Mississippi]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}