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Bess Myerson, The First Jewish Miss America, Dies At 90

Christian George Acevedo   |

Jan 06, 2015 02:54 AM EST

Bess Myerson, a New York favorite daughter who spent decades of her life under the spotlight, initially as the first, and so far the only, Jewish Miss America in 1945, then as a TV personality and later as a New York public servant, died on Dec. 14 at her home in Santa Monica, California. Myerson, whose civil career ended after a scandal, was 90 at the time of her death.