Dennison Young, Giuliani’s inseparable aide, dies at 78

Mr. Young also knows how to keep a secret. Mr. Giuliani, who is known for not sharing many thoughts, said in the interview that he trusted Mr. Young’s judgment and decision-making ability to the extent during his lifetime. 2008’s ill-fated presidential campaignhe plans to name the young director of the CIA

But for all their proximity, Mr. Giuliani said, Mr. Young, for health reasons, left Mr. Giuliani’s political and business activities a few years ago. This includes his legal representation for former President Donald J. Trump. In that capacity, Mr. Giuliani helped lead the effort to topple the 2020 presidential election of Joseph R. Biden Jr. false statements about voter fraud – statements leading to the temporary suspension of Mr. Giuliani’s law license. Mr. Giuliani is now caught up a legal storm in connection with investigations of January 6, 2021, uprising at the Capitol by a pro-Trump crowd.

“Denny is not related to the Trump representative,” Mr. Giuliani said. “He’s not involved in any of that.”

Mr. Young’s son, Nicholas, said in an interview that when his father’s health began to decline a decade ago, “Dad eased off his workload at Giuliani Partners, eventually completing it completely.” fully retired from his day-to-day consulting activities.”

Still, he said, “Rudy remained one of Dad’s best friends until the end.” During the early days of the closure of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr. Giuliani occasionally shared his home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with Mr. Young, who lived alone on the Upper West Side.

Dennison Young Jr. was born on August 1, 1943, in Tallahassee, Fla., where His father was a doctor in the wartime army. After World War II, Dr. Young moved the family to Hartsdale, NY, in Westchester County, while he worked as a pediatric cardiologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, where he helped adapted pacemakers for use in children.

Denny’s mother, Ora (Barbecue) Youngserved on the local school board and helped establish a day care center.