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Jane Byrne has died [View all]
Former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne has died
Former Mayor Jane Byrne died Friday morning.
Byrne had stunned the city’s political establishment in 1979 when she became the first female mayor by toppling an incumbent backed by the fabled and still formidable Democratic machine.
Byrne, who gradually faded from public view after losing a reelection bid in 1983, died Friday morning, her daughter Kathy Byrne said.
More to come.
Former Mayor Jane Byrne died Friday morning.
Byrne had stunned the city’s political establishment in 1979 when she became the first female mayor by toppling an incumbent backed by the fabled and still formidable Democratic machine.
Byrne, who gradually faded from public view after losing a reelection bid in 1983, died Friday morning, her daughter Kathy Byrne said.
More to come.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-jane-byrne-dead-20141114-story.html
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