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A tragic 'king' of Queens

Dennis Duggan

Dennis Duggan Dennis Duggan

Former Newsday Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Dennis Duggan joined Newsday

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He was called the "King of Queens," but by the time he

ended his life 20 years ago this year by plunging a kitchen knife into his

heart, Borough President Donald R. Manes was being called a crook by one-time

admirers. Still, a Who's Who of politicians paid their respects to Manes at his

last public "appearance," his funeral service at the Schwartz Brothers

funeral...

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