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Francis Lazarro Rizzo, Sr. (October 23, 1920 – July 16, 1991) was an American police officer and politician. He served as Philadelphia police commissioner from 1968 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980.

Death

In his campaign against the Democratic candidate, former District Attorney (and later two-term Pennsylvania Governor) Edward G. Rendell, Rizzo was expected to again employ hardball tactics. On the Friday before his death, he walked through the largely black 52nd Street neighborhood in West Philadelphia with community leaders. But on July 16, 1991, he suffered a massive heart attack while campaigning for the general election.[22] He was pronounced dead at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at 2:12 p.m. EDT.

Joseph M. Egan, Jr., then replaced Rizzo as the Republican nominee. Rendell went on to win the November election and served two terms as mayor.

Rizzo's funeral was purported to be the largest in the history of Philadelphia,[23] with people lining the streets of the motorcade from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul to the cemetery. He was interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[24]

A statue of Mayor Rizzo waving in greeting, created by sculptor Zeno Frudakis, stands in front of Philadelphia's Municipal Services Building. The ten-foot-high statue was paid for by private contributions. In his hometown neighborhood of South Philadelphia, a mural portrait of Rizzo is found at the Italian Market on Ninth Street.

Following the aftermath of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Councilwoman Helen Gym posted on Twitter, "All around the country, we're fighting to remove the monuments to slavery & racism. Philly, we have work to do. Take the Rizzo statue down". Gym's comments started a public debate about the future of the Rizzo statue and mural. Mayor Jim Kenney was open to the possibility, stating that "it is time to discuss the future" of the monument.[25] The Philadelphia Green Party also made a similar call for the removal of his statue.[26] On Nov. 4, 2017, Mayor Kenney announced that the statue will be relocated.[27]