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Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke dies at 69
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by alaaron | December 13, 2010 at 05:04 pm
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Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke has died following a second round of surgery to treat a heart condition.
He fell ill on Friday while meeting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
He was President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The presidents of both nations had called to wish him well, prior to his death.
Nicknamed The Bulldozer, the 69-year-old gained a reputation over the years for confronting warring leaders to get them to come to the negotiating table.
Mr Holbrooke's family was reported to be at his bedside earlier on Monday in the US capital's George Washington University Hospital.
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at 17:17 on December 13th, 2010
A sad day for all Americans and a sad day for world peace.
at 18:50 on December 13th, 2010
We needed his expertise, grit and experience. RIP . A man who served honorably and productively. His family should be proud. A life well lived
at 19:02 on December 13th, 2010
Very sad. He was a great diplomat and a simply good person. When, being a few dozen of years younger than he, I suggested my seat to him standing in a mini-van at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial on death camp's liberation anniversary, he did not allow me to do that. He even seemed to be satisfied that he, a prominent diplomat, could behave like that.