JUF News reports on the passing of Chicago Mob linked Bernie Stone:
The alderman spent 59 years in politics, nearly 38 of them in the formerly largely Jewish 50th Ward in the Chicago City Council, until he lost his seat in 2011 to Ald Debra Silverstein. Age 83 at the time, Stone was the oldest member of the Chicago City Council, and the second longest-serving alderman after Ald. Ed. Burke (14th). Stone ran unsuccessfully for Chicago mayor twice, in 1987 and 1989.Bernie is gone.
