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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 21, 1992                   TAG: 9202210035
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR                                LENGTH: Short

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SALVADORAN RIGHTIST LEADER DIES OF CANCER

Roberto D'Aubuisson, the charismatic leader of the Salvadoran right and alleged mastermind of the 1980s death squads, died Thursday at age 48, his doctor said. He had been battling throat cancer since April.

D'Aubuisson died of heart failure at 4:45 p.m. in the intensive care unit of the downtown Hospital Diagnostico.

D'Aubuisson's gregarious machismo and ruthless determination made him El Salvador's most charismatic political leader of modern times. Opposing factions in this fratricidal land either idolized or despised him. - Associated Press

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