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Edward Beedenbender, 81, former NYPD officer, dies

Edward Beedenbender of Calverton was an old-fashioned man with a preference for double-knotted ties and a tendency to chat up bank and supermarket employees, said his grandson, Suffolk Legis. Brian Beedenbender.

"He knew everybody by their first names and what their story was," Beedenbender said. "Everybody knew that Mr. B was coming in."

The elder Beedenbender, a veteran of two wars...

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