OBITUARY: William Lynch, former deputy NYC mayor, dies at 72
William Lynch, a deputy to then-Mayor David Dinkins who for 40 years played an active role in city, state and national politics and was influential in Nelson Mandela’s historic visit, died Friday at age 72.
Lynch died at a hospital from complications from kidney disease, his son, William Lynch Jr., and daughter, Stacy Lynch, said in a statement.
Dinkins, who was mayor in the early 1990s, said Lynch “will be fondly remembered by many.”