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Eugene

(61,965 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 08:42 PM Feb 2016

Former NYC Mayor Dinkins Hospitalized for Pneumonia

Source: Associated Press

Former mayor David Dinkins is being treated for pneumonia at a New York City hospital.

A spokeswoman for the 88-year-old Dinkins said Friday that he was at New York Presbyterian Hospital being treated for a lung infection.

Spokeswoman Lynda Hamilton says Dinkins is resting and "is going to be fine."

There was no word on when he might be released.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nyc-mayor-dinkins-hospitalized-pneumonia-37068200



By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Feb 19, 2016, 7:34 PM ET
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. LiberalElite Feb 2016 #1
Hope he gets well soon! BumRushDaShow Feb 2016 #2
Noooooo shenmue Feb 2016 #3
Cool guy. Good mayor. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2016 #4
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
4. Cool guy. Good mayor.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:57 PM
Feb 2016

In spite of corporate media drumbeat to the contrary.

May he live for a loooooooong time.

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