Robert Citron, Jailed for Orange County Failure, Dies at 87

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Robert Citron, a former treasurer of California’s Orange County who spent nine months in prison for his role in what stood for years as the nation’s biggest municipal bankruptcy, has died. He was 87.

He died yesterday at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, the Orange County Register reported, citing Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach.