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  1. López Portillo died from complications of pneumonia at his home in Mexico City on 17 February 2004 at the age of 83, and was buried at the Mexico City Military Cemetery.

  2. José López Portillo, who as president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982 brought his nation to the brink of economic collapse, died on Tuesday. He was 83.

  3. José López Portillo (born June 16, 1920, Mexico City, Mexico—died February 17, 2004, Mexico City) was a Mexican lawyer, economist, and writer, who was president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. López Portillo attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Chile.

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  4. Feb 18, 2004 · MEXICO CITY — Former Mexican President José Lopez Portillo, who presided over what is widely described as the most corrupt administration in Mexican history from 1976 to 1982, died...

  5. Feb 18, 2004 · Former President Jose Lopez Portillo, who led a free-spending, corruption-ridden oil boom only to watch its collapse plunge Mexico into one of its worst financial crises, died Tuesday night.

  6. Feb 18, 2004 · Former Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo, famous for swearing to defend the peso “like a dog” just months before it was devalued, died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia contracted ...

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  8. Feb 18, 2004 · Jose Lopez Portillo, the former president of Mexico, died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia. He was 83. He died in Mexico City at Angeles del Pedregal Hospital, where he had been since...