About Sanford Garelik
Lived 1918 – 2011 (aged 93). Sanford Garelik was an American politician.
Sanford Daniel Garelik (August 16, 1918 – November 19, 2011) was an American politician from New York City. Garelik also served as the first Jewish chief inspector of the New York Police Department. He unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of New York City in 1973.
He was also personally thanked by Ed Sullivan at the end of the show in which the Beatles first performed in the U.S.
Garelik died in Manhattan on November 19, 2011, at the age of 93.
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American politician (1918-2011)
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Sanford Garelik was born on 16 August 1918.
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Sanford Garelik died on 19 November 2011.
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Sanford Garelik was a politician.
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