Jerry Labriola | |
State Senate: | Connecticut State |
District: | 15th |
Term Start: | 1981 |
Term End: | 1983 |
Preceded: | Louis Cutillo |
Succeeded: | Robert G. Dorr |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1931 |
Birth Place: | Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Children: | 3, including David |
Education: | Yale University Thomas Jefferson University |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Gerald Labriola (May 17, 1931 – April 28, 2024) was an American mystery writer, physician, politician, and assistant professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School. In Connecticut's 1994 U.S. Senate election, he ran a losing campaign as the Republican nominee against Democrat Joe Lieberman.[1] He also ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Connecticut[2] and served in the Connecticut Senate.[2]
Labriola died on April 28, 2024, at the age of 92.[3]