The Alameda County native and son of former secretary of state March Fong Eu died this morning at his home in Pasadena after a long struggle with cancer. Paula Fong tells AP: “He was alert up until this morning. He was asking what we’re going to do today. He was a great and wonderful person, a wonderful husband.”Add: Fong was state treasurer from 1994 to 1998 and unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Barbara Boxer in 1998 as the GOP nominee. He will be buried in Colorado Springs, Colo., where he attended the Air Force Academy. Obituary: LA Times
