An 82-year-old man died of injuries he sustained less than a month after an elderly neighbor shoved him to the ground outside their Manhattan building, cops said.

Dean Conover Whetzel was on Hudson St. just around the corner from his W. 10th St. apartment in Greenwich Village when 79-year-old Dana Escoffier knocked him to the pavement around 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, cops said.

Medics rushed the elderly victim in critical condition to Bellevue Hospital , where he lingered for 25 days before dying on Nov. 5, police said.

Escoffier, who plead not guilty to assault following his arrest in October, reacted with astonishment when informed on Monday of the victim’s death.

“He’s dead?“ Escoffier said. “I don’t believe it. I had no idea. I’m just hearing this now. I don’t think my attorney even

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