Abraham Ribicoff, a three-time U.S. senator, Connecticut’s first Jewish governor and a member of President Kennedy’s Cabinet, died at 87. Ribicoff suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.
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