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dionysus

(26,467 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 04:47 PM Jan 2014

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dead at 85

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/11/22149948-former-israeli-prime-minister-ariel-sharon-dead-at-85?lite

Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister and ex-general who embodied Israel's military might, has died, Israeli radio and television announced on Saturday.

The 85-year-old Sharon had been in a coma at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv for eight years after suffering a stroke in 2006.
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dead at 85 (Original Post) dionysus Jan 2014 OP
I wasn't aware that he had been in a coma for eight years. senseandsensibility Jan 2014 #1
He was a larger-than-life figure. DevonRex Jan 2014 #2

DevonRex

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2. He was a larger-than-life figure.
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 05:10 PM
Jan 2014

I think that's an appropriate term for him. Everything he did was big, achievements and fuck-ups.

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