by Martin B. Cassidy

The city's first Italian-American mayor — remembered most for the purchase of Sterling Farms during his one term in the late 1960s — died Friday at the age of 86. Giordano died of natural causes at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, N.J., his daughter, Esther-Marie Giordano, said.

Giordano, a former teacher and director of the Italian Center of Stamford, was elected mayor in 1967 at the age of 38, beating two-term Republican incumbent Thomas C. Mayers by more than 2,000 votes. Giordano lost a tightly contested primary battle with Paul Kuczo in 1969. Giordano was born July 29, 1929 and grew up on Rose Park Avenue in Stamford. He was the son of Egilio and Veneranda Giordano.

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