What is Michael Anthony Bilandic?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Michael Anthony Bilandic |image = |birth_date = {{birth date|1923|2|13|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2002|01|15|1923|02|13|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] |residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |resting_place=St. Mary's Cemetery [[Evergreen Park, Illinois]] |office = Mayor of Chicago |order = 49th |term_start = December 20, 1976 |term_end = April 16, 1979 |predecessor = [[Richard J. Daley]] |successor = [[Jane Byrne]] |party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] |religion = |spouse = Heather Morgan}} '''Michael Anthony Bilandic''' (February 13, 1923 &ndash; January 15, 2002) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was the [[Mayors of Chicago|mayor]] of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] (1976-1979). He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He became mayor after being elected by the [[Chicago City Council]] to become acting mayor, upon the death of [[Richard J. Daley]], beating [[Wilson Frost]].<ref>[https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/wilson-frost-trailblazing-black-alderman-dies-at-92/ Wilson Frost, trailblazing black alderman, dies at 92]</ref> Bilandic was born on February 13, 1923 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He studied at [[DePaul University]]. He was married to Heather Morgan. Bilandic died on January 15, 2002 in Chicago, Illinois from heart failure, aged 78.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_Bilandic.asp |title=Michael A. Bilandic, Previous Illinois Supreme Court Justice |access-date=2012-12-06 |archive-date=2011-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122004501/http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_Bilandic.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/bilandic76.html First Inaugural Address] *[http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/bilandic77