NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime New York Daily News cartoonist and columnist Bill Gallo was remembered at his funeral Mass Friday as the soul of the newspaper and a legend whose easy manner was admired by those he so famously lampooned — sports greats like Joe DiMaggio and Larry Holmes and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
Among the 400 New Yorkers — sports figures, colleagues, city officials and fans — who paid tribute to Gallo at St. Patrick's Cathedral was Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, a longtime friend and former Marine, like Gallo.
He recalled meeting the veteran journalist years ago at a Golden Gloves boxing match. Like the boxers he loved writing about, he said Gallo had …
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