Remembering Boston's Tom Menino
The city's longest serving mayor, Menino spent 20 years leading the proud city of the Eastern Seaboard.
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Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who stepped down this year after 20 years, died of cancer Wednesday at the age of 71. Pictured, Menino speaks at the Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2004, at the FleetCenter in Boston, Mass.
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Boston Mayor Tom Menino pauses after speaking at an interfaith prayer service titled "Healing Our City" for victims of the Boston Marathon attack on April 18, 2013, in Boston.
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From left, Menino, President Bill Clinton and Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evans laugh during a lighter moment of a discussion about juvenile crime in 1997.
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From left, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, left, visits with Menino and NBA veteran Jason Collins on the stoop of Menino's residence along the Gay Pride parade route June 8, 2013, in Boston.
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Menino, right, jokes with Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox in Boston on July 18, 2012.
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Current Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Menino throw out the first pitch prior to the Opening Day game between the Boston Red Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers at Fenway Park in Boston on April 4.
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Menino and Oprah Winfrey receive honorary degrees at Harvard University's 362nd commencement exercises on May 30, 2013, in Cambridge, Mas.
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Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, center, current Boston mayor Marty Walsh, second from left, and Grand Marshal Bill Rodgers, second from right, pose for a photo after crossing the finish line at the Boston Marathon, a year after the bombings.
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"I have to tell you, honestly, Boston is a better city now than it was before," said Menino a forum entitled "Leading Cities Through Crisis: Lessons from the Boston Marathon" held at Boston University on March 24. "People learned how to deal with each other, they had to deal with a tragedy."
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Menino and John Travolta talk during a media event to plug Travolta's new movie "Wild Hogs" in Boston on Feb. 7, 2007.
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Boston Mayor Tom Menino speaks about a tunnel ceiling collapse that killed a motorist in one of Boston's Big Dig tunnels on July 11, 2006.
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Boston Marathon Bombings: 1 Year Later
