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In his political career, Mosbacher managed the national fundraising operations of five different GOP presidential campaigns
-- from Gerald Ford in 1976 to McCain. Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker worked with Mosbacher on several campaigns and in Bush's cabinet and was a friend. "He always provided candor, intelligence, and a special sense of joy for life that was Texas-sized in its grandness," Baker said in a statement. "My wife Susan and I are saddened by his death. We have lost a special friend, and our prayers are with his family."
Mosbacher was also an accomplished sailor, amassing numerous titles in New York and Texas. He was involved in charitable projects, helping start the Odyssey Academy Charter School in Galveston and supporting the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, said Bush, who borrowed a phrase from his 1989 inaugural address in describing Mosbacher as "a true Point of Light." Mosbacher was married four times, including to Georgette Mosbacher, a flashy socialite and cosmetics entrepreneur whose animated personality and red hair made her a popular subject of gossip columnists when the couple was in Washington, D.C. The couple divorced in 1998.
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