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Richard Joseph Riordan (May 1, 1930 – April 19, 2023) was an American businessman, investor, military commander, philanthropist, and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Party , Riordan served as the 39th mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001; as of 2024, he remains the last Republican to hold that office.
Apr 20, 2023 · By Jean Merl. April 19, 2023 10:34 PM PT. Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department...
Apr 20, 2023 · By Katie Hafner. April 20, 2023. Richard J. Riordan, a Queens-born lawyer, businessman and former mayor of Los Angeles who led the city at a particularly divisive time and brought a free ...
Apr 20, 2023 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Riordan, a wealthy Republican businessman who served two terms as Los Angeles mayor and steered the city through the Northridge earthquake and the recovery from the deadly 1992 riots, has died.
Apr 20, 2023 · Richard Riordan, the two-term Los Angeles mayor who helped rebuild the city in the wake of the Rodney King riots in 1992 and the devastating Northridge earthquake two years later, has died. He...
Apr 29, 2023 · April 28, 2023 6:54 PM PT. In a concrete cathedral at the edge of a freeway, several generations of Los Angeles civic leaders mourned former Mayor Richard J. Riordan at a Friday afternoon Mass...
Apr 20, 2023 · 8 min. Richard Riordan, an investment mogul who seized a political moment with Los Angeles on edge, winning a long-shot bid in 1993 to become mayor and help the city rebound after the police ...
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