High-profile Pittsburgh attorney dies at 76

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Attorney Alan Perer died Sunday at the age of 76.

Perer was a frequent guest on KDKA Radio discussing lawsuits he brought against: a McDonald's franchisee over the rape of 14-year-old employee, on behalf of victims injured in the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse and against the Diocese of Pittsburgh for men who said they were sexually abused as children

Perer graduated from Allderdice High School and the University of Pittsburgh and also earned his law degree from Pitt in 1976.

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