Fred Drasner, a Feisty Leader of The Daily News, Is Dead at 83

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Fred Drasner, a Feisty Leader of The Daily News, Is Dead at 83

A former New York cabdriver who never lost his edge, he was co-publisher alongside Mort Zuckerman as he took on rival papers in the so-called tabloid wars.

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