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"Tom heroically made certain his wife Julia made it to safety but lost his life during his effort to save their home," Mayor Doug Smith said.
A former Republican chief judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals died in a house fire on Thursday. Tom Emberton was in his late 80s when he died.
Former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Tom Emberton died Thursday after saving his wife from a fire that engulfed their home.
This Kentucky politician died in a house fire after saving his wife of 65 years. He was greatly esteemed in Kentucky politics.
EDMONTON, Ky. (AP) — Tom Emberton, once a Republican candidate for Kentucky governor and later chief judge of the state Court of Appeals, died Thursday in a house fire, officials said. The fire was discovered around 3:30 a.m., Metcalfe County Coroner Larry Wilson said.