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Mayor Ed Koch's Tombstone Mistakenly Engraved With Wrong Birth Date

nbcnewyork.com — The tombstone for former Mayor Ed Koch, who died in February after meticulously planning the details of his burial for years, was mistakenly engraved with the wrong birth date, NBC 4 New York has found. The marker, which stands more than 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide, lists Koch's birth date as Dec.
Why grave stones need a copy editor: typo on Ed Koch's Tombstone Mistakenly Engraved via @nbcnewyork bit.ly/12SSN9Q
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date. bit.ly/12FBDeC
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