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He was born on March 28, 1923 at Harlem Hospital in New York City and grew up in the Catholic Church-run orphanage, Little Flower Home, in Wading River, New New York
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Augustus Anthony Beekman
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And was appointed the 23rd Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Edward I. Koch on January 17, 1978 and served in that position until his resignation on November 5, 1980. He was the second African-American Fire Commissioner in the history of that position. Beekman died on November 29, 2008.
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November 29, 2008 (aged 85)