December 19, 2007
Dennis Kucinich's Brother Found Dead
Perry Kucinich, the brother of Democratic Prez candidate Dennis Kucinich, has been found dead according CBS 5. His other brother, Larry, found 52-year-old Perry at his Cleveland home at around 9 a.m. this morning. Reports claims that there were "no signs of foul play."
Trying to scrounge up some info on Perry, we came across this interesting Esquire article from November about said deceased brother and a bank robbery. Something or other having to do with Cleveland Trust Bank back in 1978. It seems that "Cleveland Trust made good on their ultimatum and refused to extend the city credit on $14 million worth of short-term notes" at the time. Or something like that. So:
On December 18, 1978, Mayor Kucinich, surrounded by the media, strode from City Hall to the main branch of Cleveland Trust downtown and withdrew his paltry life savings in protest. And because it was Cleveland, on the very same day, blocks away, his youngest brother, Perry Kucinich, robbed a different bank. Perry wasn't really a criminal; he was literally insane. But it sure looked bad for Dennis. [via Esquire]
Huh. Interesting. Any Cleveland readers care to chime in about this incident? Perry and his family sound...unique.
Anyway, such a terrible loss for the Kucinich family and Dennis' candidacy. We wish them the best during this horrific day they're surely having.
Read more about it here. here, and here.
Update: After reading the above bit, an Esquire editor wrote in to tell us that although Perry suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, he was also affectionately described as a guy who "'couldn't be any nicer or any more nuts.'" Sounds like Perry would have fit in beautifully here in the Bay Area.
Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich image: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
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Whoa. Wait. Am I reading that tag correctly? Is that his wife?
If so, Kucinich is the mothafucking mack.
That makes him the most successful elf since Orlando Bloom.
I know it is totally inappropriate, but that picture of Kucinich makes me want to go find some Keebler elf cookies.
Yes, that is D-Koose's wife. She is (obviously) a somewhat recent addition to his life. Also, she is British.
I was lil kid growin' up in Cleveland during this very 1978 era you describe. It is literally true that the mafia put a hit on Dennis Kucinich while he was mayor, and it is also literally true that they called off that very same hit when it became obvious that he was too unpopular to be re-elected and they could just wait for him to go away. It is also literally true that the Cuyahoga River caught on fire during his tenure as mayor.
Fascinating guy. Maybe Sean Penn should play him!
Kooch rocks, but let's see if Cheney's prints are anywhere near the murder scene.
Sorry to hear that about the Kucinich family. I always thought DK was a decent guy, and judging by bumper stickers alone, he probably carried Berkeley in the last presidential election.