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Denis E. Dillon, Prosecutor on Long Island, Dies at 76
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| Last Edited | RMF Aug 16, 2010 07:47pm |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Author | Sarah Wheaton |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Denis E. Dillon, the longtime district attorney of Nassau County, N.Y., who quietly oversaw high-profile prosecutions while using his office as a bully pulpit against abortion, died on Sunday morning at his home in Rockville Centre. He was 76.
His daughter Barbara Dillon said he died after a long battle with lymphoma.
During his eight terms as chief prosecutor, crime rates dropped across Long Island and the nation watched his office pursue Colin Ferguson, who opened fire on a crowded commuter train, killing six people, and Amy Fisher, the 16-year-old girl who shot the wife of her much older lover, Joey Buttafuoco.
But Mr. Dillon was known as a private man whose commitments to his beliefs — driven by a strong Roman Catholic faith — superseded political ambitions. |
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