Former IG fired by Obama over investigation dies at 84

NEW YORK (AP) - A former inspector general fired by President Barack Obama over his handling of an investigation into a former NBA star and Obama supporter has died. Gerald Walpin was 84.

Walpin's son-in-law, Allan Tananbaum, says Walpin died Friday after being struck by a car in New York City.

Police say Walpin was crossing the street on the Upper East Side when he was struck by an SUV. The case is under investigation.

Walpin was fired in 2009 as the inspector general who investigated AmeriCorps and other national service programs. His ouster followed an investigation of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who was an Obama supporter and former pro basketball star, into the misuse of federal grants by a nonprofit education group that Johnson headed.

Obama said he had lost confidence in Walpin.

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