George Deukmejian, a two-term Republican governor of California who championed low taxes and small government but crossed party lines to sign a ban on military-style assault weapons, died May 8 at ...

George Deukmejian, the tight-fisted, tough-on-crime governor who had a calming influence on California politics in the 1980s, died Tuesday at his home in Long Beach, his family announced.

Long Beach’s favorite son, former Gov. George Deukmejian, had a decades-long love affair with his adopted city which started when he opened his one-man attorney’s office in Belmont Shore in ...

Two-term California Gov. George Deukmejian, whose anti-spending credo earned him the nickname "The Iron Duke," died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 89.

George Deukmejian, the properly revered former two-term governor of California, died May 8 at his home in Long Beach. He was 89 years old.

Reporting from Sacramento — George Deukmejian was a role model for the type of officeholder we desperately need in today’s hyperventilated, polarized politics. He was a quiet leader who didn ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Former California Gov. George Deukmejian has died at age 89, his family confirmed Tuesday. Deukmejian, a Republican, served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to ...

George Deukmejian was not the favorite of California Republican elites when he ran for governor in 1982. Mike Curb, then lieutenant governor, was the pick of Southern California businessmen.

George Deukmejian, the governor of California who more than doubled the size of the prison system in the U.S.’s most populous state during his two terms in office during the 1980s, has died. He ...

George Deukmejian, the tight-fisted, tough-on-crime governor who had a calming influence on California politics in the 1980s, died Tuesday at his home in Long Beach, his family announced. He was ...

Two-term California governor George Deukmejian, whose anti-spending credo earned him the nickname "The Iron Duke," died Tuesday of natural causes, a former chief of staff said. He was 89.