Please answer the following question: Facts: - profession: engineer - death place: cedar rapids , iowa - successor: larry serbousek - death date: 20 march 2011 - predecessor: frank a. bosh - office: mayor of cedar rapids , iowa - spouse: gloria o. frau - term end: 1992 - term start: 1969 - birth date: october 8 , 1930 - birth place: iowa city , iowa - religion: catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of don canney .
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donald j. '' don '' canney -lrb- october 8 , 1930 -- march 20 , 2011 -rrb- was an american politician and civil engineer who served as the mayor of cedar rapids , iowa , for twenty-two years from 1969 to 1992 .canney is cedar rapids ' longest serving mayor to date .