File - This Sept. 18, 1962 file photo shows Robert Morgenthau after the Democratic State Convention picked him as their candidate for governor in Syracuse, New York. A decorated World War II veteran, Robert Morgenthau was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1962, losing to Republican Nelson Rockefeller; he unsuccessfully sought the nomination again in 1970. Morgenthau, 90, went on to beManhattan's District Attorney for 35 years, and came to symbolize the criminal justice system for generations of New Yorkers, not to mention viewers of "Law & Order." (AP Photo/AB, File)