of the Board in 1975–1976. From 1976 to 1987, he produced and hosted 500 installments of Minnesota Issues, a weekly public-affairs program on local public television station KTCA. In 1980 he produced, wrote, and narrated a series of one-hour television documentaries about former Minnesota governors. He retired in 1987. On the morning of May 16, 2005, Naftalin struck his head in a fall, went into a coma, and died later in the day at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. He donated his body to the University of Minnesota for research. References Rochelle Olson (May 17, 2005). Former Minneapolis Mayor Arthur Naftalin dies. Star Tribune. David Hawley (May 18, 2005). Arthur Naftalin, 87, former mayor. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Citizens League News, 1952–2005 CitizensLeague.net 1917 births 2005 deaths University of Minnesota alumni Accidental deaths from falls Jewish mayors of places in the United States American political scientists Mayors of Minneapolis Minnesota Democrats Politicians from Fargo, North Dakota Accidental deaths in Minnesota 20th-century American politicians Jewish American people in Minnesota politics 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews 20th-century political scientists