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Jane Byrne dead at 80
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:05 pm
by zachhoran1
Huffington Post reports the former Chicago mayor died today at age 80.
Re: Jane Byrne dead at 80
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:42 pm
by TheConfessor
Re: Jane Byrne dead at 80
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:04 pm
by SportsFan68
I have one memory of Mayor Byrne, and I wish I could remember the circumstances.
This was during her term as Mayor, and it coincided with the years I didn't own a television, so I must have seen it over at my Mom's house. Or maybe I caught a newscast about it someplace. But I distinctly remember what was supposed to be a televised statement, and Mayor Byrne was keeping everyone waiting and waiting whilst the television pundits commented on the controversial issue she was supposed to make a statement about, whatever it was. So she stalked out to the lectern, made the statement that she was not going to make a statement, and stalked off. Maybe it was one of the endorsements that her Wikipedia article talked about.