Edward J. McCormack Jr., 73; influential politician, lawyer

The Boston Globe | February 28, 1997| | Copyright

Edward J. McCormack Jr. of Boston, former state attorney general, died of complications from lung cancer yesterday in Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was 73.

The consummate Boston political insider with an enviable bloodline, Mr. McCormack was attorney general from 1958 to 1963. He later became a development lawyer with financial interests in the glamorous Rowe's Wharf, the lucrative Government Center Garage and other Boston building developments.

Mr. McCormack, who also maintained homes in Falmouth and Jupiter, Fla., was born in South Boston, the son of local politician and ...

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