Former Gov. Mario Cuomo, gravely ill at home with a bad heart, was no longer responsive by the time his son Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave his inauguration speech Thursday in Manhattan.
But knowing how much the former governor looked forward to that day, family members used an iPad and headphones to give him an opportunity to listen in from his Manhattan apartment.
Nearly five hours later, while Andrew Cuomo was in Buffalo completing his second inauguration speech of the day, Mario Cuomo took his last breath.
In interviews Friday, family and friends said they took the timing as confirmation that the former governor could hear his son and wanted to be part of the moment before he passed away.
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