Death of Raul Alfonsin

March 12, 1927 - March 31, 2009
BUENOS AIRES | Age 82

Former president of Argentina who guided his country's return to democracy following a military dictatorship that left thousands missing.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

Raul Alfonsin, the Argentine president who guided his country's return to democracy following a military dictatorship that left thousands missing, died on Tuesday. He was 82.

Alfonsin's personal doctor, Alberto Sadler, said he died of lung cancer. The government declared three days or mourning.

The presidential inauguration of the burly, mustachioed leader on Dec. 10, 1983, ended more than seven years of a repressive military regime that left...

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