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Farley Democratic organizer and Roosevelt ally dies at 88
James A. Farley, long time Democratic national chairman and FDR postmaster general, died at 88 after a heart attack in his Waldorf Towers suite. The elder statesman helped Roosevelts rise and split with the president over a third term, remaining a key party figure and Coca Cola promoter. He was born May 30, 1888, at Grassy Point and survived by two daughters and a son. Funeral plans were to be announced.
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