Former Black Panther Dies in Cuba at 75 (AP)

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Former Black Panther Dies in Cuba at 75

The Associated Press
Friday, November 17, 2006; 3:03 PM

HAVANA -- William Lee Brent, a Black Panther who hijacked a passenger jet
to communist Cuba in 1969 and spent 37 years in exile, has died on the island,
his sister said. He was 75.

Brent died Nov. 4 from bronchial pneumonia, Elouise Rawlins said in a telephone
interview from her home in Oakland, Calif.

Rawlins said she learned of her brother's death through telephone calls and
messages from friends and acquaintances, but has not received official word
from the U.S. or Cuban governments.

Rawlins said she had not seen her brother since he used a handgun to hijack TWA
Flight 154 from San Francisco to Havana on June 17, 1969, but said they stayed
in contact through e-mails and telephone calls.

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