CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Vincent Anania, the father-in-law of onetime Democratic presidential contender and former Senator John Edwards, has died at the age of 87.
Elizabeth Edwards says her father died Saturday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, of heart failure.
She says her father attended the University of Pittsburgh. He later attended the U.S. Naval Academy, where he played football and was selected as an All-American in lacrosse.
After graduating one year early in 1944, Anania served on the USS Quincy. He also served in Korea, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, and in Vietnam. In 1958, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Anania retired from the military after serving NATO in Italy and moved to Chapel Hill, where he suffered a stroke in 1990.
Elizabeth Edwards says her father will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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