Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo Dead At 82
Mario Cuomo, who served as governor of New York from 1983 to 1994 and who was considered for a time a leading Democratic presidential option, died Thursday.
Mario Cuomo
Was Cuomo Destined To Be President Or Just Political Poet Laureate?
It may never be clear whether the late New York governor passed on the 1988 and 1992 presidential cycles — his natural turn at bat — for reasons related to politics or his personality.
WATCH: Mario Cuomo's Speech At The 1984 Democratic Convention
The speech catapulted Cuomo onto the national scene and cemented the three-time New York governor as one of the last avatars for New Deal liberalism.