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 | | Gallagher and a team of the Firm's attorneys, Willkie managed to turn public opinion in favor of the movie industry and the investigation closed down after two weeks. Shortly thereafter Willkie was elected Chairman of the Board of Twentieth Century Fox and the Firm was retained as counsel. |
 | | Wendell Lewis Willkie died of a heart attack on October 8, 1944 at the age of 52. |
 | | At Willkie, Cuomo would play an active role in advising public companies, boards of directors and audit committees on issues of corporate governance, financial reporting and special investigations, and would engage in a broad practice in national and international corporate law and litigation matters. |
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