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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Richard S. Caliguiri |
Address | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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October 20, 1931
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Died | May 06, 1988
(56 years)
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Contributor | RMF |
Last Modifed | RBH Oct 26, 2010 01:40am |
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Info | Richard S. Caliguiri (October 20, 1931 – May 6, 1988) served as the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1978 until his death in 1988.
Caliguiri first ran for mayor in 1973 but lost the Democratic primary to incumbent mayor Peter F. Flaherty. Caliguiri again ran in 1977, this time losing the primary to Tom Foerster. Caliguiri decided to break with the Democratic Party establishment and ran in the general election as an independent candidate. Despite long odds, Caliguiri won the race and became Pittsburgh's mayor. After the campaign, Caliguiri realigned himself with the Democratic Party. He would be reelected twice.
In the mid 1980s, Caliguiri was diagnosed with amyloidosis, a rare and serious protein disorder. Curiously, within a few years in the mid to late 1980s, three of Pennsylvania's most prominent political leaders were afflicted with the disorder. Caliguiri as well as longtime Erie Mayor Louis Tullio and Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey were all diagnosed with the incurable and usually fatal disease.
Caliguiri refused to allow his declining heath to affect his leadership and declined to step down as mayor. He finally succumbed to the illness in 1988 at the age of 56, and was interred at Calvary Cemetery.
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