Schumer; Schumer won 71% of the vote, Hirschfeld garnered less than 1%. Lawsuits In 1998, Hirschfeld offered US$1,000,000 to Paula Jones to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against former US President Bill Clinton. In 1999, Hirschfeld was cleared of charges he owed US$3.3 million in taxes. In 2000, Hirschfeld was indicted of criminal solicitation for trying to hire a hit man to kill his former business partner Stanley Stahl, with whom he had a "survivor take all" business partnership. Hirschfeld was sentenced to three years in prison, of which he served two. When he got out of prison he ran for the U.S. Senate, calling himself "Honest Abe". Personal life Hirschfeld married Zipora Teicher Hirschfeld in 1943. They had a son, Elie Hirschfeld, and a daughter, Rachel Hirschfeld. Death and legacy Hirschfeld died at age 85 on August 9, 2005 at the St. Barnabas Hospital in The Bronx, of cardiac arrest stemming from complications of a battle with terminal cancer. In 2013, his daughter accused her brother of stealing US$300 million from the estate. References External links Official bio 1919 births 2005 deaths American people of Polish-Jewish descent American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from New York City Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Jewish American people in Florida politics People convicted of soliciting murder People from Tarnów Polish emigrants to the United States American businesspeople convicted of crimes Jewish American people in New York (state) politics 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews