The Ed Koch Show
It seems fitting, if sad, that Ed Koch should pass away on the same day that "Koch," a documentary about his life, opened in Manhattan. Though the three-term mayor of New York City, who died early Friday of congestive heart failure, is best known for
Ed Koch and former Miss America Bess Myerson were inseparable during the late 1970s and his rise to power in City Hall. They later parted ways under the cloud of scandal — and it was unclear Friday whether the Bronx-born beauty queen was aware her
Edward I. Koch, the master showman of City Hall, who parlayed shrewd political instincts and plenty of chutzpah into three tumultuous terms as mayor of New York, died.
Ed Koch had a shadow when he began his first term as Mayor of New York: Ken Auletta, a writer for The New Yorker. Auletta was researching what would become, by September, 1979, an expansive, two-part Profile of Koch, “The Mayor.” “I was in his office
Edward I. Koch, the master showman of City Hall, who parlayed shrewd political instincts and plenty of chutzpah into three tumultuous terms as mayor of New York, died.






