In Popular Culture
- The Dead Kennedys' version of "I Fought the Law" contains numerous references to Moscone's murder.
- Moscone was played by Victor Garber in Gus Van Sant's Milk.
- "Ghost Light," a play written by son Jonathan Moscone and Tony Taccone about the effects of the assassination on his then-14-year-old son, was commissioned as part of "American Revolutions. the United States History Cycle" by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon. The World Premier, co-produced with Berkeley Repertory Theater, was staged at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2011.
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