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Ironically, Long, who had campaigned for failed Democratic presidential nominee [[Walter Mondale]] in 1984, died at the time of President Reagan's second inauguration. The president honored Long, with whom he disagreed on many issues, by calling in his inaugural speech for a moment of silence.
Ironically, Long, who had campaigned for failed Democratic presidential nominee [[Walter Mondale]] in 1984, died at the time of President Reagan's second inauguration. The president honored Long, with whom he disagreed on many issues, by calling in his inaugural speech for a moment of silence.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Swearing-In Ceremony for President Ronald W. Reagan|url=http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/swearing-in/event/ronald-reagan-1985}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Swearing-In Ceremony for President Ronald W. Reagan|url=http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/swearing-in/event/ronald-reagan-1985|publisher=Inaugural.senate.gov; no longer on-line}}</ref> Gillis Long is interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana.
Gillis Long is interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana.
In the special congressional election mandated in 1985 to choose his congressional successor, the winning candidate was his popular widow, Catherine Small Long, a native of [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]]. The Longs were married on June 21, 1947. At the time of his death, they had been together for nearly thirty-eight years. Bill Dodd, an observer of Louisiana politics, described Cathy Long in his memoirs as "the perfect wife for a politician. She was smart and made everyone feel perfectly at ease, and she was eager to help her husband ... everyone loved Cathy."<ref name=bdodd/>
In the special congressional election mandated in 1985 to choose his congressional successor, the winning candidate was his popular widow, Catherine Small Long, a native of [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]]. The Longs were married on June 21, 1947. At the time of his death, they had been together for nearly thirty-eight years. Bill Dodd, an observer of Louisiana politics, described Cathy Long in his memoirs as "the perfect wife for a politician. She was smart and made everyone feel perfectly at ease, and she was eager to help her husband ... everyone loved Cathy."<ref name=bdodd/>