Call it strangely eerie or a fitting send off, on the same day that former New York mayor Ed Koch died, a new documentary about him and titled simply, Koch will open in the city he lead and will be buried in. Koch, who served as NYC mayor from 1978 - 1989 over three terms, died at 2am Eastern Time from congestive heart failure, according to the New York Times.
Directed by first-time filmmaker Neil Barsky, Koch offers a portrait of the combative, humorous and straight-talking mayor who also served as a Congressman before taking the city's highest office. The film chronicles the history of NYC alongside Koch's tenure, which began as the city faced the depths of near bankruptcy and malaise in the late '70s.
As he served in the '80s, the city faced racial strife and the dawn of the AIDS crisis as well as homelessness and the ascendance of Wall Street wealth in the go-go '80s. In 1987 he famously refused a permit for the New York Giants to have a ticker tape parade to celebrate their victory at Super Bowl XXI because the team had moved to the Meadowland Complex over the river in New Jersey some years prior.
"If they want a parade, let them parade in front of the oil drums in Moonachie," said Koch referring to the town near the Giants' adopted home.
Koch also left his touch on the entertainment world, even serving as judge on The People's Court after his mayorship and even as a film critic through his we show, Mayor At the Movies, according to Deadline.com. He also appeared in dozens of films and television shows including The Muppets Take Manhattan, Sex and the City, Spin City and of course, Saturday Night Live.
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