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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo speaks from the podium at the Game Changers Awards at Skylight Soho in New York. The former governor’s son, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on Thursday, June 29, 2017, signed into law a bill naming the new Tappan Zee Bridge the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. Mario Cuomo served as governor from 1983 to 1994 and was often mentioned as a possible White House contender. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

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Bill and Hillary Clinton, center, greet people as they exit the funeral for Mario Cuomo at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer talks to reporters outside the wake for Mario Cuomo in New York, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, 82, died in his Manhattan home on Thursday, Jan. 1 just hours after his son was inaugurated for a second term. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Mario Cuomo Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this July 17, 1984, file photo, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo gives a thumbs-up gesture with both hands during his keynote address to the opening session of the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. Cuomo, a three-term governor, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, the day his son Andrew started his second term as governor, the New York governor's office confirmed. He was 82. (AP Photo/File)

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Mario Cuomo, whose son Andrew is New York's reigning governor, rose to national prominence in 1984 with his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention assailing Ronald Reagan. (Associated Press)

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Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo has died at age 82 only hours after his son, current Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was sworn in to his second term in office. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)