deaths
October 6, 1983
Terence Cooke, American cardinal (born 1921)
Terence Cooke
Terence James Cooke was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death, quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. He was named a cardinal in 1969. Cooke previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1965 to 1967.