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By Fred A. Bernstein / The Bulletin
September 25, 2009
Ertugrul Osman, who might have ruled the Ottoman Empire from a palace in Istanbul but instead spent most of his life in a walk-up apartment in Manhattan, died Wednesday night in Istanbul. He was 97.
The cause was kidney failure, according to his wife, Zeynep, who was visiting Istanbul with him....