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   Pittsburgh entrepreneur John E. Connelly dead
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Last EditedRMF  May 18, 2009 12:09am
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MediaNewspaper - Sunbury (PA) Daily Item
News DateSunday, May 17, 2009 07:10:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPITTSBURGH (AP) — John E. Connelly, a former coal miner turned multimillionaire entrepreneur and operator of riverboat dining and gambling cruises, has died. He was 83.

Connelly died Saturday morning at home of congestive heart failure, his grandson, Terrence Wirginis, said Sunday.

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Connelly, a staunch Democrat, ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1971 against Republican H. John Heinz III, who later represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate.
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