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Sheldon Silver, a corrupt Manhattan politician who for most of his 21 years as state Assembly speaker took money from real estate developers and people sickened by a deadly disease,

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has died in federal custody. He was 77. Silver was one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before his conviction on corruption charges.

Silver, an Orthodox Jew whose parents were Russian immigrants, was a native of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He was elected to the state Assembly in 1977, and as Speaker in 1994.

Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before his conviction on corruption charges, has died in federal custody. Silver died Monday at age 77, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke with the Associated Press.

Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in Albany before his conviction on corruption charges, has died in federal custody.

Sheldon Silver, a corrupt Manhattan politician who for most of his 21 years as state Assembly speaker took money from real estate developers and people sickened by a deadly disease, died Monday at age 77 at a federal prison medical facility in Ayer, Mass.