He was among those targeted by the investigation that consumed much of Bill Clinton’s presidency. But his conviction was later questioned.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jim Guy Tucker, who became Arkansas’ governor when Bill Clinton was elected president but was later forced from office after being convicted during the Whitewater investigation, has died. He was 81.

Jim Guy Tucker, Arkansas’ 43rd governor, died Thursday at the age of 81. Tucker died at 3:23 p.m., of complications from a lifelong disease, ulcerative colitis, said Lance Alworth Jr., Tucker’s stepson.