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

DATE: FRIDAY, April 2, 1993                   TAG: 9304020049
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY . . .

Juan de Borbon, father of King Juan Carlos I and long-time pretender to the Spanish throne during the Franco regime, died Thursday, the palace said. He was 79.

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