lawyer in Florida and Philadelphia, as well as an activist for public, political, and gay causes. His daughter Judy Cohen Minches was a reporter in New Jersey, a leader in her synagogue, and a mother of three. Death David Cohen died on October 3, 2005, at the age of 90, after a hospitalization at Albert Einstein Medical Center, a few blocks from his home of 53 years. The cause of death was heart failure, although he had entered the hospital for kidney failure. The Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Claude Lewis, a longtime observer of Philadelphia politics, metaphorically suggested in an October 5, 2005 column that he had died of heart failure because "he used his heart so much." He was buried in Har Nebo Cemetery in the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia. His grave is located at the intersection of Israel and Shalom streets near entrance number 2. On his gravestone, unveiled on October 22, 2006, are the words "conscience of the city." References 1914 births 2005 deaths American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Jewish American people in Pennsylvania politics University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Philadelphia City Council members Pennsylvania Democrats 20th-century American politicians United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army non-commissioned officers 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews