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Leonard Spano, Patriarch Of Westchester Political Dies, Dies
The first father of politics in Westchester, Leonard Spano, died over the weekend at the age of 88.
Spano, who served as a Westchester County legislator for 22 years and as the county clerk for more than a decade before his retirement in 2005 died on Sunday, his family announced. The cause of death was reportedly heart failure brought on by complications from lymphoma.
Born on Aug. 5, 1930, to Nicholas and Mary Spano, he was one of four children who grew up in southwest Yonkers. He attended St. Peter's School and worked alongside his father, who emigrated from Italy, learning the famil…
