Former mayor of New York John Lindsay, 79

Chicago Sun-Times | December 21, 2000| | Copyright

NEW YORK John Vliet Lindsay, a brash and handsome political curiosity who was New York City's mayor during the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 79.

His family said Mr. Lindsay died at the Hilton Head Medical Center on Hilton Head, S.C. Tuesday night after years of medical problems, including Parkinson's disease, two heart attacks and two strokes. Pneumonia was listed as the cause of death.

Carrying an Ivy League diploma, World War II Navy service papers, patrician credentials and an avid following among minorities, Mr. Lindsay nonetheless was not able to parlay his local ...

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