Perry Kucinich

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Person.png Perry KucinichRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(9-11/Premature death)
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Born1955
Died19 December 2007 (Age 52)
Cleveland, Ohio
Cause of death
"fall"
Victim ofpremature death
"Fell down dead six months after his brother Dennis Kucinich called for new 9/11 investigation and introduced a resolution to impeach Dick Cheney." His sister died a year later.

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Perry Kucinich, younger brother of Dennis Kucinich, was found dead aged 52.[1] His sister, Beth Ann Kucinich died a year later, after three weeks on life support aged 48.[2]

Activities

On Dec. 18, 1978, while then-Mayor Dennis Kucinich was downtown withdrawing money to make a symbolic gesture in protest of Cleveland Trust's refusal to refinance $5 million in notes the city owed that bank, Perry Kucinich, then 22, was making an unauthorized withdrawal from a Central National Bank branch on the East Side of town.

Perry Kucinich, "unarmed, wearing a red tassel cap, sunglasses and black leather jacket, handed a teller at a Christmas card with "All your $ or die" written on the back. He took along a light blue suitcase in which to carry the stolen $1,396."[2] By then, Perry had been under psychiatric care for five years. Two months later, Perry Kucinich was deemed incompetent to stand trail on a federal bank robbery charge.[3]

Death

Perry "fell down dead six months after his brother Dennis Kucinich called for new 9/11 investigation and introduced a resolution to impeach Dick Cheney." His brother Larry found him face down on the kitchen floor at about 9 a.m.[4][5]

"He was a genius," the congressman said. "He had extraordinary insights. Although he struggled with mental illness, with the help of friends and family he led a productive life. We are a close family. It's just devastating."[3]

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