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Michael Beschloss

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20 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read

Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley died forty-five years ago today:

One of last photos of elder Mayor Daley, taken today 1976 as he dedicated a Chicago fieldhouse, not long before he died of a sudden, massive heart attack:

Mayor Daley did not enjoy hearing “Gestapo tactics” of Chicago authorities denounced by Senator Abe Ribicoff from podium at 1968 Democratic convention. Note facial expression of Daley aide at right: #AP

In this classic photograph from a now-vanished political world, as drums are beaten, Mayor Daley is host of candidate JFK in fall 1960 torchlight parade and rally in Chicago Stadium:

Among his first guests on first morning as President, grateful JFK welcomes Mayor Daley and family to Oval Office and inscribes this photo:

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