Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings, former governor and senator from South Carolina, dies at 97

Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 97.

Family spokesman Andy Brack said Hollings died early Saturday.

Hollings, whose long and colorful political…