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Gov. Beshear suggests he received information suggesting McConnell 'passed' in new interview

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KENTUCKY (WKYT) - During an interview with Katie Couric on her YouTube channel, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said that he received information suggesting Sen. Mitch McConnell had passed away before the senator's release on July 12 about his health following his hospitalization in June.

"I'd gotten two calls from different agencies, not state agencies, suggesting that he'd passed," Beshear said early in an over 25-minute interview posted on Couric's personal Facebook page on Wednesday.

The Governor did not say which agencies he received the information from.

Beshear had been critical of the lack of communication about the senator's health to both him and the public and later penned a public letter saying that Kentucky citizens deserved an answer.