As the U.S. liaison to some 50,000 United Nations diplomats and staff, he sought to resolve disputes on issues ranging from fugitives hiding in U.N. missions to diplomats’ unpaid parking tickets.
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Christopher Meyer, Vocal British Envoy to the U.S., Dies at 78
He served loyally during the 9/11 attacks and Iraq invasion. But in a 2005 memoir, he faulted the “conception and execution” of the Iraq war.
Dmitry Kovtun, Accused Killer of Russian Dissident, Dies at 56
He and another ex-spy were found by British authorities to have served polonium-laced tea in London to an intelligence agent who had defected.
E. Gerald Corrigan, Who Helped Ease ’87 Stock Crash, Dies at 80
As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he favored flooding the financial system with cash to restore confidence among investors.
E. Gerald Corrigan, Who Helped Ease ’87 Stock Crash, Dies at 80
As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he favored flooding the financial system with cash to restore confidence among investors.
Ricardo Alarcon, Diplomat and Castro Confidant, Dies at 84
As Havana’s go-between with the U.S., he negotiated Elián González’s return to Cuba. He was also the country’s U.N. representative on two occasions.
Mikhail Vasenkov Dies at 79; His Spy Ring Inspired ‘The Americans’
He and his wife were among 10 Soviet sleeper agents who blended into American society before being exposed and deported in 2010. The TV series sprung from the episode.
Vera Gissing, Who Was Rescued by ‘Britain’s Schindler,’ Dies at 93
She was not quite 11 when train convoys organized by a London stockbroker carried her and hundreds of other Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II.
Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, Acclaimed Disease Detective, Dies at 65
He helped identify numerous viruses, including Covid-19, as well as the bioterrorism attack that spread anthrax in 2001.
Raúl Rivero, Disenchanted Poet of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 75
A leading journalistic voice who broke with the Castro regime, he gained wide recognition for his protests, was jailed as a dissident and went into exile.