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Also Known As Henry Alfred Kissinger • Heinz Alfred Kissinger
Born May 27, 1923 • Fürth • Germany
Died November 29, 2023 (aged 100) • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) • Nobel Prize (1973)
Role In Strategic Arms Limitation Talks • Vietnam War

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