Former Hartford Mayor Mike Peters at his restaurant last fall. Peters died Sunday night, three months after undergoing a liver transplant. (JOHN WOIKE)
A City's Champion: 'Mayor Mike' Peters Dies At 60
Mike Peters, the wisecracking fireman who over four terms as mayor helped lift Hartford from a political, financial and crime-ridden funk, died Sunday about 8 p.m. following a struggle with liver failure. He was 60.
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