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As a guy who, professionally, is supposed to be able to convince people with words to do something, I couldn't reach her. She said, 'I'm tired of being tired. And I just want to go. And she said, 'Do you want to hear it?' And I said, 'No, I don't.'

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on his last words to his wife before she hung up the phone and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He says his wife struggled with mental illness and substance abuse.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on his last words to his wife before she hung up the phone and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He says his wife struggled with mental illness and substance abuse.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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