Those who worked with Hunt remember an authentic booster of North Carolina

WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MAN

BEHIND THE TITLE.

>> AND SPENT MORE YEARS HERE AT

THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION THAN

ANYONE ELSE. 16 YEARS IN TOTAL

SPREAD OVER 4 TERMS. IT'S A

MUCH EVEN THOSE WHO WORKED

ALONGSIDE HIM SAY IS A

TESTAMENT TO HIS AUTHENTICITY.

AND I THINK PEOPLE COULD RELATE

TO HIS WORDS. CLAY JOHNSON IS A

FORMER WRAL REPORTER WHO LATER

SERVED AS HANS DEPUTY PRESS

SECRETARY. HE SPENT YEARS

READING WORDS ABOUT THE FORMER

GOVERNOR.

>> ULTIMATELY CAPTURING HIM

IN JUST A FEW. I THINK THEY

THREW AWAY THE MOLD WHEN THEY

MADE JIM HUNT.

>> MUCH MORE THAN A POLITICIAN

AND A GOVERNOR AND A LEADER

AND THAT SPEECH GIVER. HE WAS

JUST A REALLY, REALLY GOOD

PERSON.

>> HE DROVE HIMSELF HARD AND HE

DROVE HOME US. WE WORK WITH

HIM HARD. GARY PEARCE WAS THERE

FOR MUCH OF HUNT'S POLITICAL

CAREER.

>> SERVING AS HIS CAMPAIGN

SECRETARY AND LONGTIME

POLITICAL ADVISER PIERCE AS THE

POLITICIANS DRIVE CAME FROM A

DEEP PASSION TO MOVE NORTH

CAROLINA FORWARD.

>> WE KNOW HAD NEGATIVE

POLITICS COULD BE A NASTY.

IT COULD BE.

>> HE WAS ALWAYS A POSITIVE

AND OPTIMISTIC.

>> VOICE. EVEN THOSE WHO DIDN'T

CROSSED PATHS WITH GOVERNOR

HUNT DIRECTLY HAVE STILL BEEN

IMPACTED IN MANY WAYS BY HIS

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM RTP TO NC

STATE'S CENTENNIAL CAMPUS OR

DIVING DEEPER INTO HIS LEGACY

ON WRAL AT 5.30, IN RALEIGH,

GREAT. SAVE A WRAL NEWS.

THANK YOU. GRACE GOVERNOR HUNT

WAS 88 YEARS OLD. SEVERAL STATE

LEADERS.

>> WE'RE SHARING THEIR

CONDOLENCES AND FOND MEMORIES

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