# RIP Ed Koch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022 "2013-02-01T12:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022/21 "2013-02-02T18:36:08Z")
I guess the Trinity cemetery is non-denominational. Apparently Koch arranged his burial a few years ago. I thought at first it meant he would actually be buried in Trinity Churchyard, next to Alexander Hamilton or something, but it’s a different cemetary, also located in Manhattan. He was proud of his Jewish heritage but he wasn’t very observant, unless you consider loving Manhattan a religion. 😃 And as far as I know Jews don’t believe there is anything “specially Jewish” about any particular burial location - you can be buried anywhere, as long as its in the earth and marked by a tombstone. Of course there are Jewish cemeteries but I think that’s customary more than a religious requirement. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022/22 "2013-02-02T19:53:14Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > As a die hard southern boy I don’t know shit about NYC…besides the fact that traffic is bad and that if SVU dectectives are asking you about a murder and you got fish to unload the fish take priority. > > But, IMO there is something to be said about somebody that once they decide on a course of action, that SHIT GETS done. > > As long as that course of action ain’t crazy assed shit, some forward progress is better than years of handwringing… Minor nitpick. Despite what a certain TV show would have you believe SVU detectives don’t investigate homicides. They only handle rapes and other forms of sexual assault. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022/23 "2013-02-02T19:55:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The press reports ([for example](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ed-koch-new-burial-plot-ensures-spend-eternity-manhattan-article-1.280305)) I can find say that the cemetery itself is non-denominational. Thanks for the info. I just assumed with a name like Trinity it would be Catholic or Episcopal. My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022/24 "2013-02-02T20:15:31Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Thanks for the info. I just assumed with a name like Trinity it would be Catholic or Episcopal. You’re right about the Church itself being Episcopalian. But I guess they take all comers at the cemetary. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022/25 "2013-02-05T15:47:41Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I saw him in person a few times. I was always struck by how tall and thin he was. He was easily over six feet tall and whippet thin at least to my eyes. You’d never guess that seeing him on television. He was an interesting guy and a fairly decent mayor so RIP. I only saw him in person once. I was a kid cutting school to attend a parade in NYC. His car came by & he was waving to the crown from the back seat. It looked like everyone else was waving and also like he was looking right at me. So, to be different, I gave him a big thumbs up instead. Low and behold, his head went back a little and he gave me a big thumbs up back and a smile. It was a very funny moment. Then his car drove on. Over the years, I disagreed with a couple of his POVs that I’d heard on radio and I thought he’d really lost it when he kept endorsing Peter King. Still, I always would laugh & cut him a little slack thinking of a chance smile & a simple thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022/26 "2013-02-05T16:12:47Z")
I hope his stone has “How am I doing?” on the back or somewhere ------ I can never hear that question without thinking of him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ed-koch/649022.md?page=1)