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Richard A. Brown, Queens district attorney, dies at 86
NEW YORK — Richard A. Brown, the Queens County district attorney who in almost three decades in that office prosecuted police officers accused of committing unjustified killings, robbery defendants who executed potential witnesses and a doctor convicted of murder for fatally botching an abortion, died Saturday in a hospice care facility in Redding, Connecticut. He was 86.
Richard A. Brown, Former Queens District Attorney, Dies at 86
NEW YORK — Richard A. Brown, the Queens County district attorney who in almost three decades in that office prosecuted police officers accused of committing unjustified killings, robbery defendants who executed potential witnesses and a doctor convicted of murder for fatally botching an abortion, died Saturday in a hospice facility in Redding, Connecticut. He was 86.
Richard A. Brown, Former Queens District Attorney, Dies at 86
NEW YORK — Richard A. Brown, the Queens County district attorney since 1991 who prosecuted police officers accused of committing unjustified killings, men who executed potential witnesses and a doctor convicted of murder for fatally botching an abortion, died while under hospice care in a rehabilitation center in Redding, Connecticut, on Saturday morning. He was 86.
Kenneth Gibson, Newark mayor who broke race barrier in Northeast, dies at 86
Kenneth A. Gibson, who became the first black mayor of a major Northeastern city when Newark, New Jersey voters, still recovering from racial rioting three years earlier, elected him in 1970 to the first of four terms, died Friday in West Orange, New Jersey. He was 86.
Robert W. Sweet, Mayor's Deputy Turned Federal Judge, Dies at 96
Robert W. Sweet, who as Mayor John V. Lindsay’s top deputy worked to end some of the most rancorous conflicts in 1960s New York, and who as a longtime federal judge struck down a state ban on begging on the streets, died Sunday in Ketchum, Idaho. He was 96.Mel Miller, 79, New York Assembly Speaker With Tarnished Career, Dies
Mel Miller, who rose to the highest ranks of New York state government as speaker of the state Assembly and publicly feuded with Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, but who was forced from office because of a fraud conviction that was later overturned, died Friday in Manhattan. He was 79.
Ogden R. Reid, editor of storied newspaper and congressman, Dies at 93
His death was confirmed by his son David.
Ogden R. Reid, Herald Tribune Editor and Congressman, Dies at 93
Ogden R. Reid, the former editor of The Herald Tribune who represented congressional districts in Westchester County, New York, for 12 years, first as a Republican and then as Democrat, died Saturday at his home in Waccabuc, New York. He was 93.
Charles J. Hynes, Brooklyn DA in a Tumultuous Era, Dies at 83
NEW YORK — Charles J. Hynes, who as Brooklyn district attorney for 24 years sent corrupt officials to jail and won praise for his approach to nonviolent drug cases, but who lost his bid for a seventh term in a swirl of controversies, died Tuesday while on vacation in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was 83.
Charles J. Hynes, Brooklyn D.A. in a Tumultuous Era, Dies at 83
NEW YORK — Charles J. Hynes, who as Brooklyn district attorney for 24 years sent corrupt officials to jail and won praise for his approach to nonviolent drug cases, but who lost his bid for a seventh term in a swirl of controversies, died Tuesday while on vacation in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was 83.
