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Antonio Joseph Mendez (November 15, 1940 – January 19, 2019) was an American technical operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who specialized in support of clandestine and covert CIA operations. He wrote four memoirs about his CIA experiences.
Jan 20, 2019 · Ex-CIA agent Tony Mendez, who inspired the Oscar-winning film Argo, has died at the age of 78. He had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease. At the CIA, Mendez specialised in disguises,...
Aug 21, 2021 · Tony Mendez, who was in charge of cue cards for “Late Show With David Letterman,” as well as one of the show’s breakout oddball characters, until an altercation (over cue cards) with...
Jan 21, 2019 · Mr. Mendez orchestrated one of the most audacious covert operations in the agency’s history: the rescue of six American diplomats from Iran in 1980.
Jan 20, 2019 · Ex-CIA agent Tony Mendez, who inspired the Oscar-winning film Argo, has died at the age of 78. He had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease. At the CIA, Mendez specialised in disguises,...
Jan 21, 2019 · Tony Mendez, the real-life spy behind Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film "Argo," has died at the age of 78. Mendez died early Saturday morning, succumbing to a decade-long battle with Parkinson's disease, the former CIA operative's literary manager, Christy Fletcher, said in a statement.
Antonio Joseph Mendez was a CIA intelligence officer, an author and an artist. He lived with his family and worked in his studios and gallery on his forty acre farm in rural Washington County Maryland. He was an award winning painter with an international reputation.
Dec 29, 2019 · Tony Mendez, former CIA technical operations officer, at the premiere of "Argo," a 2012 film based on a covert mission Mendez led in 1979 that rescued six Americans during the...
Jan 19, 2019 · Tony Mendez, the "Argo" spy who in 1980 smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during the embassy takeover, died Friday at an assisted-living center in Frederick, Md.,...
TONY & JONNA MENDEZ. Tony and Jonna Mendez are former CIA Intelligence Officers with 52 years of combined service. Both served as the CIA’s Chief of Disguise. On the CIA’s 50th anniversary, Tony was chosen as one of the CIA’s top 50 officers for its first 50 years.
