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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 10:07 PM Sep 2016

Shimon Peres dead: Former Israeli president dies after suffering stroke at at 93

Source: The Independent

Shimon Peres dead: Former Israeli president dies after suffering stroke at at 93

Feliks Garcia New York 19 seconds ago

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres has died. He was 93.

The Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv announced Peres' death at 3.40 am Wednesday morning, according to the official government Israel New Agency.

A statement from family is forthcoming.

Peres had been in the hospital after suffering a stroke since 13 September.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/shimon-peres-dead-israel-president-tel-aviv-a7334186.html
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Shimon Peres dead: Former Israeli president dies after suffering stroke at at 93 (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2016 OP
R.I.P. n/t Little Tich Sep 2016 #1
BBC story shenmue Sep 2016 #2
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leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
3. A great man
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 08:05 AM
Sep 2016

Just look at all the world leaders who are attending his funeral. Probably the last of Israel's founding fathers. I saw a tweet from bibi yesterday that said it was the first day in the existence of Israel that Shimon Peres wasn't part of.

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