Former Kansas City Mayor Charles Wheeler dies at age of 96
October 26, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Mayor Charles Wheeler, who oversaw a period of rapid expansion in the 1970s and whose name adorns the city's downtown airport, has died at age 96.
Current Mayor Quinton Lucas praised Wheeler in a statement as a "statesman that all Kansas Citians, Missourians, and Americans could be proud of." Wheeler died Tuesday night, said Lucas' chief-of-staff, Morgan Said, who spoke to his daughter and grandson. She said they have asked Lucas to speak at the funeral.
Said had no details about how or where he died, but KCUR reported that he died at a nursing h...
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