Death of Moammar Gadhafi

June 7, 1942 - October 20, 2011
Sirte | Age 69

Libya's leader for 42 years killed
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By CHRISTOPHER GILLETTE and KIM GAMEL
Associated Press

SIRTE, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.

The 69-year-old Gadhafi is the first leader to be killed in the Arab Spring wave...

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