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- Died
- Frank Rizzo was born on October 23, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on July 16, 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- He switched to the Republican Party in 1986 and campaigned as a Republican for the final five years of his life.
- Like most of his contemporaries, Rizzo was opposed to the construction of public housing in established neighborhoods, most of which at the time housed majority-white populations.
- He was an American police officer and politician.
- He was a member of the Democratic Party throughout the entirety of his career in public office.
- He served as Philadelphia police commissioner from 1968 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980.
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