NEW YORK --- Former state Sen. Bill Larkin, a World War II veteran who saw combat in the Philippines, died Saturday. He was 91. His family announced the death Sunday, calling Larkin a "dedicated public servant, soldier and statesman." Larkin represented a stretch of the Hudson Valley as an assemblyman from 1979 to 1990 and then as a state senator in New York until his retirement last year. A Republican, he was known for forging bipartisan friendships in Albany and advancing veterans' causes and health care for infants. "He lived a storied and authentically American life," Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said in a statement. William J. "Bill" Larkin Jr. was born...
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