Edward I. Koch, Former Mayor of New York (1924-2013)

Former mayor of New York City, Edward I. Koch, has died at the age of 88. The New York Times has his full obituary.

Mr. Koch’s spokesman, George Arzt, said the former mayor died at 2 a.m. from congestive heart failure. He was being treated at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital.

In an interview conducted in 2007, Former Mayor Edward I. Koch reflected on his life and political career and talked of how he would like to be remembered.

1983 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short Film Short. Mayor Ed Koch sings a variation on the “Theme from ‘New York, New York'” in an entirely clay-animated film depicting a variety of locations and celebrities associated with New York City.