Famed San Francisco Private Eye Palladino Dies After Attack

Famed San Francisco Private Eye Palladino Dies After Attack
Private investigator Jack Palladino photographed on Aug. 12, 1982. Eric Luse/San Francisco Chronicle via AP
The Associated Press
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SAN FRANCISCO—Famous San Francisco private eye Jack Palladino died Monday, never having regained consciousness after tussling with would-be robbers in his Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and hitting his head. He was 76.

His attorney, Mel Honowitz, confirmed that Palladino was taken off life support Sunday and died around noon Monday.