January 29, 2016

Buddy Cianci, dominant in Rhode Island politics, dies at 74

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Mayor Buddy Cianci, the wisecracking political rogue who presided over the revitalization of Providence during two stints in office cut short by criminal charges and a prison sentence for corruption, died Thursday. He was 74.

WLNE-TV said Cianci was taping his weekly TV show, "On ...

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