Bernard Stone, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chicago alderman
Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1927
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 22-Dec-2014
Profession: alderman
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Bernard Stone
- Bernard "Berny" L.
- Stone (November 24, 1927 – December 22, 2014) was alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 2011.
- The 50th Ward encompasses part of Chicago's far North Side and includes the West Ridge, West Rogers Park and Peterson Park neighborhoods.
- First elected to the Council in 1973, Stone was the second longest-serving alderman (after Edward M.
- Burke).
- His tenure spanned the terms of seven Mayors, from Richard J.
- Daley to Richard M.
- Daley.
- Stone was also Vice Mayor of the City of Chicago from 1998 to 2011.Stone was a part of the "Vrdolyak 29", which opposed Mayor Harold Washington's agenda.
- Though he was a Democrat for most of his life, Stone briefly followed Alderman Edward Vrdolyak to the Republican Party, and unsuccessfully challenged Carol Moseley Braun for Cook County Recorder of Deeds.
- Stone was a protagonist in a protracted legal conflict with the neighboring suburb of Evanston in 1993–1994.
- Employees of Stone's 2007 re-election campaign were convicted of vote fraud in 2010.
- Stone was "outspoken" and "relished the rough and tumble of politics".
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