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HE SERVED COUNTY 28 YEARS

Former Assemblyman

Bill Magee Dies At 81

Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, foreground, appears at an Otsego Chamber of Commerce State of the State Breakfast with state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford.  (AllOTSEGO.com file photo)

NELSON – Former state Assemblyman William “Bill” Magee, who served in the New York State Assembly for nearly three decades, died on Christmas Eve, his niece confirmed, syracuse.com is reporting today. He was 81.

From 1990 to 2018, Magee represented a district that included Madison, Otsego and Oneida counties. He also was an auctioneer, running Magee Auction Service for decades.

He was a longtime chairman of the Assembly Agriculture Committee and was considered a champion of Upstate farmers.

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