Kitty Dukakis, dead at 88, was the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate

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THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES)' title=' Kitty Dukakis, taking her father Harry Ellis Dickson's place, speaks to a crowd gathered at the Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill in Boston on Oct. 28, 1995, as part of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies commemoration of 16 historic Jewish buildings in Boston. (photo credit: MICHAEL ROBINSON CHAVEZ/THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES)' />
Kitty Dukakis, the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate, died at 88. She advocated for addiction recovery, Holocaust memory, and humanitarian causes.

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