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Article: Edward Sullivan, 95; was top aide for Kevin White
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2009
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In the administration of Kevin H. White, Edward T. Sullivan was
the calm, deliberate intellectual at the Boston mayor's side,
trouble-shooting as needed and smoothing over relations among city
officials.
White described him as "the one man in my administration who can
speak for me on any occasion, anywhere," an honor that afforded Mr.
Sullivan a few interesting speaking engagements.
It took him to the stage of Jack Lemmon's 50th birthday luncheon
in New York City in 1975, where his 8 minutes earned him offers to
appear on the Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin shows.
Mr. Sullivan died Friday at his home in Milton from pneumonia. He
was 95.
He met White, then Massachusetts secretary of state, at ...