James-Hanley-Obituary

James Joseph Hanley

New York, New York

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HANLEY - James Joseph, of Westbury, on September 22, 2008. James was born in New York City in 1918 to James Joseph Hanley, Sr. and Margaret Whitaker Hanley. Raised in Forest Hills and Garden City with sister Pauline and brother Joseph, James attended Chaminade High School and went on to study at...

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He was indeed an expert on American popular music, until it got to the 50's and 60's at which point I could equal him. But I could never equal him in the "dapper" category. I recall that he gave me a pair of shoes on the basis that they were old and out of style. I wore them for five years.
I saw the Mets win the 1986 World Series sitting beside him at Shea.
I am pleased that I have a son named after him. Thomas P. Halley