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Roberto Luis Santana as Juan Almeida Bosque, in "Che."
Roberto Luis Santana as Juan Almeida Bosque, in "Che."
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Published: September 12, 2009
Filed at 1:44 p.m. ET
HAVANA (AP) -- The death of Juan Almeida Bosque, a vice president who was one of the last giants of Cuba's 1959 revolution, plunged the island into mourning Saturday and was a stark reminder of the mortality of all of Cuba's aging leaders -- including brothers Raul and Fidel Castro.
He was the first of Cuba's revolutionary leaders to die since President Raul Castro's wife Vilma Espin, a one-time guerrilla commander in her own right, passed away in June 2007 at the age of 77. (read more)
"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
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