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Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies

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Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, has died at age 88.

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Ed Koch, the famously combative, acid-tongued former mator of New York City, died at 2 a.m. Friday from congestive heart failure. Koch rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world. He was 88.