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Clinton's stepdad is dead at 91

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Richard "Dick" Kelley, stepfather of former President Bill Clinton, died yesterday. He was 91. He and Clinton's mother met at Oaklawn Park race track - both shared a passion for gambling - and they married in 1982. It was his second marriage and her fourth.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Richard "Dick" Kelley, stepfather of former President Bill Clinton, died yesterday. He was 91.

He and Clinton's mother met at Oaklawn Park race track - both shared a passion for gambling - and they married in 1982. It was his second marriage and her fourth.

"I would come to love Dick Kelley and grow ever more grateful for the happiness he brought Mother, and me," Clinton wrote in his memoir, "My Life."

The Kelleys were married 12 years before she died Jan. 6, 1994, after a battle with breast cancer.Associated Press