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- Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke died Monday night at the age of 69 after suffering an aortic dissection, a small tear in the largest artery of the body. Holbrooke was in a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Friday when he gasped and became ill.
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Dec 14, 2010 · Holbrook fell ill from a torn aorta -- the major artery that carries blood to the heart -- on Friday, Dec. 10 and was admitted to Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he...
- CBS News
Dec 14, 2010 · Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke died Monday night at the age of 69 after suffering an aortic dissection, a small tear in the largest artery of the body. Holbrooke was in a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Friday when he gasped and became ill.
Dec 14, 2010 · U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke, who died Monday night, two days after doctors performed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, was in the highest risk population for aortic dissection—men...
- Casey Schwartz
Dec 14, 2010 · Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, a special U.S. envoy on the Afghanistan war, died Monday after falling ill Friday from what doctors said was a tear in the large artery that moves blood...
- NBC Universal
Dec 13, 2010 · Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who is a special envoy on the Afghanistan war, was in critical condition after undergoing more than 20 hours of surgery to fix a tear in the large artery...
Dec 14, 2010 · Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan died on December 13, 2010 of complications related to a tear in his aorta. A USA Today article suggested that "Holbrooke most likely was unaware that his aorta had ballooned into an aneurysm".
Dec 14, 2010 · 14 December 2010. Mr Holbrooke was a long-serving diplomat with a muscular style. Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke has died following a second round of surgery to treat a torn aorta....
