Reply #4: Former Argentina President Kirchner dies [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Former Argentina President Kirchner dies
By the CNN Wire Staff
October 27, 2010 12:43 p.m. EDT

Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Former Argentinian President Nestor Kirchner died Wednesday of a heart attack, state media reported.

Kirchner, 60, was president from 2003-2007 and was the husband of current President Cristina Fernandez. He died shortly before 10 a.m. at a hospital near his summer residence in El Calafate, a small town in southern Argentina, according to the official Telam news agency.

"A patriot has died," congressman Juan Carlos Dante Gullo said on the state-run Vision 7 TV network. "Argentina has lost one of its best men."

His wife was with Kirchner when he died at a hospital, state media reported.

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