{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear's chief of staff Mike Haydon died Sunday at the age of 62 after apparently suffering a heart attack. Haydon became Beshear's chief of staff in 2010 after Adam Edelen resigned from the position. Before that, Haydon, who was also once the mayor of Springfield, served as Beshear's legislative director. Haydon was a veteran of more than 30 years of government service at the local and state levels, acting as deputy secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet under then-Governor Paul Patton and as his secretary of the Revenue Cabinet. Haydon also had been chief of staff for House Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook.
