{Lexington, Kentucky}...Gatewood Galbraith, whose most recent independent run for governor was his fifth, has died at the age of 64. The Fayette County coroner’s office says Galbraith was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at his Lexington home of complications from chronic emphysema after suffering for several days with congestion in his lungs. Born in Nicholas County in 1947, Galbraith earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1977. Galbraith ran for governor twice as a Democrat and twice as a Reform Party candidate. He also ran for congress and as an independent in the 2003 attorney general’s race. Galbraith argued passionately for limited government and was just as outspoken about his unpopular stances to legalize marijuana and ban mountaintop mining. In November, Galbraith came in third behind Democratic Governor Steve Beshear, who was re-elected, and Republican Senate President David Williams. His best-selling 2004 autobiography was titled, The Last Free Man in America Meets the Synthetic Subversion. The book's cover showed a smiling Galbraith holding a large machine gun, a bandoleer of bullets over each shoulder.
