when she was eight years old. He died on February 11, 1994, at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens from complications resulting from a stroke. The couple had three sons, Barry Weprin, an attorney in New York, Mark Weprin, who won his father's former seat, and served in the Assembly until January 2010, when he was elected to the New York City Council seat vacated by his brother David Weprin, who, after an unsuccessful run for New York City Comptroller, succeeded him in the Assembly in 2010. References 1927 births 1994 deaths 1992 United States presidential electors 20th-century American politicians American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Brooklyn College alumni Brooklyn Law School alumni Jewish American state legislators in New York (state) People from Hollis, Queens Politicians from Brooklyn Speakers of the New York State Assembly Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn) alumni 20th-century American Jews