GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Businessman Bob Saunders, who represented the Gainesville area in the state Senate in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died, according to a story in The Gainesville Sun.
Saunders, who died Sunday at his home, was 87.
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Saunders was elected to the Senate in 1968 and again in 1972, according to historical Senate handbooks.
Among Saunders' business interests were a gasoline distributorship that he took over at age 23 after his father died, according to the Sun.
A funeral will be held at a later date.