Richard J. Daley was born on May 15, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Eleanor Daley. He died on December 20, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Portrayed onstage brilliantly by actor Neil Giuntoli in Giuntoli's play
"Hizzoner: Daley the First" in a long run starting in 2006 and produced
by Chicago's Prop Theater.
[responding to criticism of Chicago police clubbing hundreds of demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic convention] The police are not here to create disorder. They are here to preserve
disorder.