Lee Hart

Lee Hart, the wife of former Senator Gary Hart of Colorado, who stood by him when his front-running campaign for the presidency collapsed in 1987 amid reports that he was having an extramarital affair, died on Friday April 15 2021 in Lakewood, Colo. She was 85. Ms. Hart was born Oletha Ludwig in Lawrence, Kan., on Feb. 20, 1936. She graduated from Bethany Nazarene College in 1958 and married Mr. Hart that summer. She is survived by her husband; her two children, John and Andrea Hart; her sister, former U.S. Representative Martha Keys of Kansas; and two grandchildren.