Later Years
After Bernard Parks was denied a second term as Chief of Police by Mayor James K. Hahn in 2002, Gates, aged 75, told CNN that he intended to apply for his old job as LAPD chief. This led Los Angeles media to ridicule Gates' announcement as a publicity stunt. Hahn ultimately appointed William J. Bratton, a former police commissioner of Boston and New York City, to head the department.
On April 16, 2010, Gates died at his home in Dana Point, California at the age of 83 after a battle with bladder cancer.
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