Leslee Kathryn Buhler Alexander, the wife of former Tennessee governor and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and a longtime family and children’s health advocate, has died. She was 77. She was affectionatly known as “Honey.” Alexander was surrounded by her family when she died Saturday at her home outside of Maryville. She was married for 53 years to Lamar Alexander, a Republican who served as Tennessee’s governor from 1979 to 1987, and campaigned for him throughout his political career.