The New York Yankees on Thursday paid tribute to Henry Kissinger after the former U.S. secretary of state died Wednesday at the age of 100. “The Yankees are profoundly saddened by the passing of former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who performed varied and vital diplomatic and advisory roles throughout his distinguished career,”…
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News Henry Kissinger Spent His First Years in America in a New York Apartment
When the Kissinger family fled Nazi Germany, they landed in Washington Heights, in a two-bedroom rental where the children slept in the living room. Related Posts ‘Granfluencer’ car expert says he’s made more money in one month on YouTube than he saved in 40 years A 70-year-old car aficionado is raking in millions on YouTube,…
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News Henry Kissinger, Often Impersonated and Skewered by Sketch Comics
In a November 1976 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” Gilda Radner, in her recurring impression of Barbara Walters — a.k.a. Baba Wawa — interviews Henry Kissinger, played by John Belushi. After inquiring about his “silly, silly” accent, which she says “really, really irritates” her, Radner asks Belushi to repeat after her: “I am a really,…
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News Kissinger Met With Xi and Other Powerful Figures Into His 100th Year
When Henry Kissinger popped up in an ornate meeting room in Beijing in July with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, the episode became the most vivid symbol of the former diplomat and business consultant’s ability through the decades to put himself next to centers of power. He crisscrossed the globe to do so, even after turning…
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News Putin says Kissinger ‘deserved’ his ‘reputation’ around the world
High-ranking political leaders in Russia paid respects to the late Henry Kissinger following the announcement of his death on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke glowingly of the former U.S. politician in a statement released from The Kremlin on Thursday. Putin praised the German-born American diplomat, academic and presidential adviser — who served as secretary…
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News Henry Kissinger: A Life in Pictures
U.S. President Barack Obama smiles while meeting with current and former diplomatic and national security officials including James Baker, former U.S. Secretary of State, left, and Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State, to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Nov. 13,…
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News Henry Kissinger Always Tended His Image, Even With His Obituary
“David,” Henry Kissinger said to me one day in the summer of 2017, after a lengthy interview for the obituary that appeared Wednesday evening in the Times. “Are you writing one of those articles that will appear when I can no longer argue with its premise?” He said it with a mischievous sparkle in his…
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News An Extended Truce, and Kissinger Dead at 100
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News Henry Kissinger Proved Mesmerizing as a Media Figure
Henry Kissinger became an unlikely media star during his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations, frequently appearing on magazine covers and front pages and attaining man-about-town status. Press attention at the time focused as much on the intrigue over his personal life as it did his role shaping American foreign policy. Mr. Kissinger was…
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News Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100
“History has treated Acheson more kindly,” Mr. Kissinger wrote. “Accolades for him have become bipartisan.” Thirty-five years after his death, he said, Acheson had “achieved iconic status.” Mr. Kissinger clearly became an icon of a different kind. And he was acutely aware that the challenges facing the nation had changed. At age 96, he plunged…
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