Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins Dies at 93...

[HipChick]

The first and only Black mayor of New York City died of natural causes just a month after his wife Joyce Dinkins died at 89



Two senior NYPD officials confirmed to NBC New York that Dinkins' health aide found him unresponsive in his Lenox Hill apartment Monday night, having apparently died of natural causes. The former mayor died a little more than a month after his wife, Joyce Dinkins, passed away.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Dinkins briefly practicing law in New York City before he began his career in politics as a district leader and was elected a Harlem state Assemblyman in 1966. He went on to serve as President of the Board of Elections and City Clerk before winning election as Manhattan Borough President in 1985.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/former-new-york-city-mayor-david-dinkins-dies-at-93/2742619/

[2naSalit]

1. ...

[BigmanPigman]

2. Sounds like she died of a broken heart.

When someone you love dies it can lead to your own death. Stress, depression, etc is not healthy. This happens more often than people realize.

[Frasier Balzov]

3. Defeated for re-election by

somebody in the news.

[Demovictory9]

4. RIP

[electric_blue68]

5. RIP Mayor Dinkins

Didn't know his wife had died

[Ohio Joe]

6. RIP

[Rice4VP]

7. I was 13 when he became the mayor, those

were some tough years. Unfortunately they resulted in Guiliani wining