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Robert Garcia, who became known as an advocate for disadvantaged groups, at a home for older adults in the Bronx in 1978.
Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times; thumbnail, John Sotomayor/The New York Times, 1989
Robert Garcia
Died on January 25, 2017 at age 84
As the congressman for a South Bronx district, Mr. Garcia advocated for poor Hispanic and black people until his political career was toppled in a corruption case.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.