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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,952 posts) Mon Dec 20, 2021, 02:58 PM Dec 2021

Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley died forty-five years ago today:

One of last photos of elder Mayor Daley, taken today 1976 as he dedicated a Chicago fieldhouse, not long before he died of a sudden, massive heart attack:

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Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley died forty-five years ago today: (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 OP

I miss political bosses! Tomconroy Dec 2021 #1

Steve Goodman memorialized him the best... Thunderbeast Dec 2021 #2

Tomconroy

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1. I miss political bosses!

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Mon Dec 20, 2021, 04:00 PM

Dec 2021

Thunderbeast

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2. Steve Goodman memorialized him the best...

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Mon Dec 20, 2021, 05:40 PM

Dec 2021

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