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“I told them that my grandfather had died in the Great Crash of 1929 - a stockbroker jumped out of a window and crushed him and his pushcart down below.”

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Mario Cuomo
Mario Cuomo

Mario Cuomo was a distinguished American politician who served as the 52nd Governor of New York from 1983 to 1994. Renowned for his articulate speeches and progressive policies, he championed social justice and economic equality. Cuomo's governorship was marked by his efforts to reform the state's education system and his opposition to the death penalty. more

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