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If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that." </font><p><b>Sister:</b> Pat Koch Thaler<br><p> Law School: <a href="/edu/490/000068286/">JD, New York University (1948)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/691/000068487/">BA, City College of New York (1981)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/490/000068286/">New York University</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/928/000049781/">Mayor of New York City</a> (1978-89)<br> <a href="/gov/281/000052125/">US Congressman, New York</a> 18th (1973-77)<br> <a href="/gov/281/000052125/">US Congressman, New York</a> 17th (1969-73)<br> <a href="/gov/271/000146830/">New York City Council</a> (1966-)<br> <a href="/company/250/000124875/">Bryan Cave</a> Partner<br> <a href="/org/105/000172586/">Bill Bradley for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/531/000167030/">Friends of Hillary</a> <br> <a href="/org/516/000169009/">Friends of Joe Lieberman</a> <br> <a href="/org/570/000167069/">Hillary Clinton for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/926/000208302/">Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee</a> <br> <a href="/org/776/000124404/">Inner-City Scholarship Fund</a> Trustee Emeritus<br> <a href="/org/508/000117157/">New York State Bar Association</a> 1949<br> <a href="/org/546/000118192/">US Holocaust Memorial Museum</a> Council member<br> <a href="/event/635/000363543/">Traveled to the USSR</a> Apr-1971<br> <a href="/event/187/000071971/">Stroke</a> 1987<br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> Mar-1999<br> <a href="/event/035/000087771/">Angioplasty</a> 1-Jul-1999<br> <a href="/event/366/000218709/">Hernia Operation</a> New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center (Dec-2006)<br> <a href="/event/304/000071091/">Heart Bypass Operation</a> quadruple (2009)<br> <a href="/event/221/000218564/">Cholecystectomy</a> (2009)<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/786/000167285/">Pacemaker</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TELEVISION</font><br> <a href="/tv/328/000084076/">The People's Court</a> 1997-99<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/048/000359965/">Koch (8-Oct-2012)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/628/000357554/">The Central Park Five (24-May-2012)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/351/000274526/">Limelight (2011)</a> <br> <a href="/films/771/000268964/">Making the Boys (18-Jul-2009)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/488/000214843/">American Swing (5-Sep-2008)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/798/000378661/">Run for Your Life (Apr-2008)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/275/000162786/">We Own the Night (25-May-2007)</a> · Mayor<br> <a href="/films/520/000088256/">Fahrenhype 9/11 (5-Oct-2004)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/890/000042764/">The Hebrew Hammer (23-Jan-2003)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/248/000267444/">The Sports Pages (7-Jan-2001)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/851/000042725/">The First Wives Club (20-Sep-1996)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/586/000061403/">Eddie (31-May-1996)</a> · Former Mayor of NYC<br> <a href="/films/529/000032433/">City Hall (16-Feb-1996)</a> · Newscaster<br> <a href="/films/909/000067708/">Married to It (11-Sep-1991)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/534/000040414/">New York Stories (1-Mar-1989)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/494/000251738/">Trading Hearts (11-Mar-1988)</a> <br> <a href="/films/224/000256453/">Key Exchange (14-Aug-1985)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/169/000038055/">The Muppets Take Manhattan (13-Jul-1984)</a> · Surprise Cameo<br> <a href="/films/114/000209484/">Terrible Joe Moran (27-Mar-1984)</a> <br> <a href="/films/577/000084325/">Style Wars (1983)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Mayor</i> (<tt>1984</tt>)<br><i>All the Best: Letters from a Feisty Mayor</i> (<tt>1990</tt>, letters)<br><i>Citizen Koch: An Autobiography</i> (<tt>1992</tt>, memoir)<br><i>Ed Koch on Everything: Movies, Politics, Personalities, Food and Other Stuff</i> (<tt>1994</tt>, nonfiction)<br><i>Buzz: How to Create It and Win With It</i> (<tt>2007</tt>, self-help)<br><i>The Koch Papers: My Fight Against Anti-Semitism</i> (<tt>2009</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; 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