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John D'Amato, a prominent Staten Island attorney, died of a heart attack yesterday; the 52-year-old had been jogging near his Dongan Hills home. D'Amato, a lawyer and lobbyist, had been appointed as the NYC campaign manager for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. (He had hosted a fund-raiser for Governor Spitzer's campaign last year, though.) The Staten Island Advance writes:
John D'Amato was a titan on Staten Island -- one of the most ambitious, aggressive and influential of the borough's native sons...He spearheaded the ongoing lawsuit against the alleged Saudi Arabian financiers of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and achieved a landmark $75 million national settlement from the maker of the painkiller OxyContin-- the Island's largest-ever civil case. And though neither fight was successful, he was a key player in the city's bid to host the 2012 Olympics and in the borough's controversial lobby for a proposed NASCAR track on the West Shore.According to his biography on his law firm's website, D'Amato "attended undergraduate at Ohio State University where he was awarded an athletic scholarship and was a member of the 1975 Rose Bowl Football Team." And he had been inducted into Staten Island's Sports Hall of Fame.
D'Amato was in the news recently, though not for Giuliani campaign-related matters. A retaining wall behind his house collapsed, causing a 50 foot by 50 foot chunk to fall towards other homes. Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro called it an "act of God" (a nor'easter may have weakened the wall) but the Department of Buildings was investigating whether the wall was built without permits.
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Karma strikes again and in Staten Islander, which I'm sure is full of non-believers of Karma.
just like cops don't believe in it.
No. 1 doing everything he/she can to promote the spirit of bipartisanship. You're a true class act.
see you in Hell, my friend.
Yep. #1, that hits a new low.
jen, you want it to say "a prominent Staten Island attorney"
How did this become political?
unless Karma belongs to a political party?
You can believe what you want to believe but I believe Karma has something to do with his untimely passing.
Karma works in mysterious ways. don't tempt it.
It's not something you want to mess with.
(sigh)
Riddle me this, what did he do to deserve this? How is this "Karma"?
And despite your Bias towards Cops, most aren't the assholes you seem to think they are.
Better be careful, Karma might bite you in the ass next.
How did it become political? Do you really expect me to believe that if Hillary Clinton's campaign strategist dropped dead you would be going on and on about karma?
if it's not Karma, then it's an Act of God,
Karma may bite you in the ass or give you a heart attack. I wouldn't bet against those odds, my friend.
Karma works, it truly is the Great Equalizer.
For Karma's sake, I hope [1] dies of a heart attack as well.
no kan due, I'm already dead, my friend.
Karma's a good friend of mine. It will all balance out in the end. she gives us chances to redeem ourselves, some listen, some don't.
Some learn and some don't want to learn.
Karma will work it all out.
You can prattle on nonsensically all you want about karma but what probably caused Mr. D'Amato's heart attack was a diet rich in saturated fats.
You keep thinking that. I've never heard of saturated fats, the great equalizer.
Maybe it was jogging that cause it?
Karma is a force that is way too powerful to ignore.
Ignore at your own peril.
what karmic payback does a troll have to pay?
karma tolls, check your karma at the door.
You treat Karma well and it will pay you back in folds. You have to look within yourselves to see if you have Karma payback and how much will it costs.
We all know what we did, just be ready to pay Karma back.
The collapse of the retaining wall on D'Amato's property was said to be an "act of God." And so was his death--
I remeber this karma d-bag from somwhere else. Apparently all of his good karma can't seem overcome his sub-par intellect. "Why does both my children have autism" indeed. It kind of makes you wonder how people this damaged have access to the internet. You can continue to use your epsilon semi-moron non-sequiturs: Like a bum in a drunken coma at the station, nobody cares.
"I know cops don't believe in Karma but someday they will. (it's part of their attitude, they have no conscience) One has to ask oneself, why does both my children have autism? Why do I have this persistent cough? What? It's cancer, but I'm so young....
[20] Posted by: guest | June 18, 2007 10:37 AM"
my my, the Karma haters are out.
obviously you care, since you actually did a search.
You can deny Karmic retribution all you want. Just don't ask WHY when it comes true.
Karma is not a Troll. Karma is real.
Click on HIDE GUEST COMMENTS
"and achieved a landmark $75 million national settlement from the maker of the painkiller OxyContin-"
Didn't it come out two weeks ago that one of Guiliani & Partners major clients was the maker of OxyContin?
The Karma apostle is just another religious fanatic. Best to ignore... ...Unless he (she?) starts his own campaign of Karma equalization with an AK 47, of course. But otherwise, its just more annoying religious fundamentalism: muslim, christian, jewish, buddhist, ...whatever, dude.
'karma strikes again'
'...act of God.' (?)
Give me a break. The poor guy just died, like all of us will, including you. Death is the tragic mystery that confounds us all. Have a little simple solidarity with the human race, dumbass.
"To those who think deaths honesty won't fall upon them naturally, life sometimes must get lonely."
Dylan
do not feed the troll.
Karma is not a religion, it is an all encompassing natural force. Deny it at your own risk. Just don't ask WHY when retribution comes, one already knows why.
Karma touches all. It's not as simple as Death touches us all. Only those who doubt their purpose in life accept Death so easily.
Karma dude is not serious people!
He's just a guy goofin on ya!
Yeah, think of him as a white dreadlock stoner who used to be "on tour" with the 'Dead and Phish, standin in front of you wiggling his fingers and widening his eyes when he says that inane shit.
White guy with dreadlocks. Ha.
Giuliani's entire campaign has been frought with bumps on the road and John D'Amato helped Giuliani avoid, not address and shove away 9/11 dying responders. I hope he was as ready to meet his maker as most of us who know our time is marked on this earth.
RIP
I agree, anyone who had anything to do with Guiliani has bad karma. What comes around goes around.
Well, jogging is one of the least intelligent forms of exercise, so that would explain why he was supporting Rudy (just like coke dealers, corporate criminals, ignorant voters, newspaper editors, convicted-criminal baseball team owners, and so on): no smart, informed person supports Rudy.
(Which is why Rudy is our next president!)
Enjoy!
(Gothamist alone could bring Rudy down. He has more skeletons in his closet and more corruption scandals than all other candidates combined. And nice guys finish last b/c Bad Guys finish first. Or maybe you think Bush / Cheney are just plain lucky??)
PS: Karma is as real as Rudy's crime stats, ie, not real at all, kids.