Thomas Menino: 1942-2014
Thomas Menino, Boston's longest-serving mayor and one of its most beloved, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. He was 71.
He was diagnosed with advanced cancer in February 2014, shortly after leaving office, and announced Oct. 23 he was suspending treatment and a book tour so he could spend more time with family and friends.
In this image, Menino, left, talks with England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, right, before a benefit dinner in Boston, Nov. 8, 1995.
1997
U.S. President Bill Clinton (C), Boston Mayor Tom Menino (L), and Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evens (R) laugh during a lighter moment of a discussion about juvenile crime at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Feb. 19, 1997.
2000
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore (C) sits down for breakfast at Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe with U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy D-MA (R) and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (L) in Boston's South End, March 4, 2000.
2001
Boston Mayor Tom Menino, 3rd left, and Dr. Michael Rosenblatt, center, the President of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, cut a ribbon to mark the opening of the new Berenson Emergency Department in Boston, Massachusetts, July 16, 2001.
2001
Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino (C) talks with reporters in Boston, in an effort to reassure citizens, saying "We are bigger than these terrorists, we are better than these terrorists," Sept. 12, 2001.
2003
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino clasps his hands during a group prayer following observance ceremonies in the Boston Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 11, 2003.
2004
Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge (C) is briefed on security preparations by Boston Mayor Tom Menino (L), and Democratic National Convention Committee CEO Rod O'Connor (R) outside the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, July 14, 2004.
2007
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino points during his State of the City address in Boston, Jan. 9, 2007.
2012
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston tosses the coin at the start of the Tom Brady Football Challenge For The Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, June 1, 2012.
2012
Mayor of Boston Thomas M. Menino speaks during day two of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 5, 2012.
2013
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino speaks at a press conference surrounded by State and Federal officials including (L to R) U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch at the Westin Copley in Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 2013.
Security is tight in the City of Boston following two bomb explosions at the finish of the Boston Marathon, that killed three people and wounding hundreds more.
2013
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (at microphone) speaks to the media with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (L, in wheelchair), Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis (L, behind Menino) and Watertown Chief of Police Edward P. Deveau (R, behind Patrick) at the Watertown Mall as a search for the second of two suspects wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings takes place, in Watertown, Massachusetts, April 19, 2013.
2013
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino pauses after speaking at an interfaith prayer service for victims of the Boston Marathon attack titled "Healing Our City," at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, in Boston, Massachusetts, April 18, 2013.
2013
Oprah Winfrey and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino receive Honorary Degrees at 2013 Harvard University 362nd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 30, 2013.
2013
U.S. President Barack Obama is given a Boston Red Sox cap by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino upon arriving at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 30, 2013.
2014
Current Boston mayor, Marty Walsh, and former Boston mayor, Thomas Menino throw out the first pitch prior to the Opening Day game between the Boston Red Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, April 4, 2014.
2014
Former Boston mayor Thomas Menino, mayor Marty Walsh, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Governor Deval Patrick, and Tom Grilk, Executive Director, Boston Athletic Association stand together during a moment of silence at 2:49pm at the flag raising ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings on Boylston Street near the finish line in Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 2014.
2014
Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and Vice President Joe Biden, react along with the family of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, behind, during a remembrance ceremony at the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston, April 15, 2014.