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Former Regent and GOP political adviser Marvin Pomerantz dies at 78

Marvin Pomerantz, a prominent Des Moines businessman who advised Republican governors and presidential candidates for the past 40 years, died Thursday at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. One of only six Iowans inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, he also played an influential role in Iowa education.