U.S. Conference Of Mayors President Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and USCM CEO & Executive Director Tom Cochran Issue Joint Statement On Death Of Former Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini

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Mar 02, 2015, 06:56 ET

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors today issued the following statement on the death of former Salt Lake City (UT) Mayor Deedee Corradini:

"It is with great sadness that we learned the news of the passing of Deedee Corradini, who served as the 32^nd Mayor of Salt Lake City from 1992 to 2000.

"We were most fortunate that during her tenure as Mayor, Corradini served as Conference President from 1998-1999. As USCM President, she championed the cause of youth fitness, and led our efforts to develop a National Action Plan on School Violence and Kids from 2:00pm to 8:00pm.

Within the Conference family, we knew her as an awesome woman with a strong, no-nonsense approach to leadership and a wicked sense of humor. She was visionary who was completely ahead of her time with regard to children's fitness.

"She was also her city's first and only female mayor, and her leadership helped bring the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City.

"Our hearts go out her family, friends and the people of Salt Lake City. Mayor Corradini will be dearly missed."

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