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Ed Rendell: I Could Have Been on Inquirer Owner Lewis Katz’s Crashed Jet

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Had it not been for a fundraiser, the former Pennsylvania governor says he would have boarded the chartered plane that killed seven in a crash Saturday, including his friend Lewis Katz.

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The last time Ed Rendell saw his close friend Lewis Katz—who was killed Saturday night in a plane crash—was on Friday and completely by chance.

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Katz, the Philadelphia tycoon, former sports team owner, and philanthropist who had just purchased the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, had been trying for days to...

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