Bess Myerson, a Miss America tarnished by scandal, dies at 90

... to a string of Democratic candidates in New York, not the least of whom was Koch, who was an obscure Greenwich Village congressman before winning the mayoralty in 1977. He squired her around, and they often were seen holding hands on the hustings. ...

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Robert Halmi Sr., TV producer, dies at 90

Nobody ever accused Robert Halmi Sr. of thinking small. With more than 200 TV miniseries and films to his credit, Halmi produced sagas that were as outsize and dramatic as his own life.

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