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  • Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, shown here in 2008, was born on May 27, 1923
    Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, shown here in 2008, was born on May 27, 1923
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  • Henry Kissinger, President Nixon's foreign affairs adviser, briefs newsmen on Nixon's annual State of the World report to Congress at the White House, on May 3, 1973. The report stated that North Vietnam risked renewed war with the United States unless it lives up to the Vietnam cease
    Henry Kissinger, President Nixon's foreign affairs adviser, briefs newsmen on Nixon's annual State of the World report to Congress at the White House, on May 3, 1973. The report stated that North Vietnam risked renewed war with the United States unless it lives up to the Vietnam cease
    Harvey Georges/AP
  • National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger signs the Paris Peace Accords cease-fire agreement on Jan. 27, 1973 in Paris, France. The war ended on April 31, 1975 when Saigon surrendered almost without fighting to the communist forces, ending the United States' 15-year involvement in Vietnam.
    National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger signs the Paris Peace Accords cease-fire agreement on Jan. 27, 1973 in Paris, France. The war ended on April 31, 1975 when Saigon surrendered almost without fighting to the communist forces, ending the United States' 15-year involvement in Vietnam.
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  • Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets with Chinese President Mao Zedong in Beijing, Nov. 24, 1973.
    Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets with Chinese President Mao Zedong in Beijing, Nov. 24, 1973.
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  • Henry Kissinger after receiving the Nobel Prize for hi work on the Paris Peace Accord, Oct. 16, 1973.
    Henry Kissinger after receiving the Nobel Prize for hi work on the Paris Peace Accord, Oct. 16, 1973.
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  • President George W. Bush speaks with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger before the start of the men's preliminary round group B basketball match between USA and China at the Olympic basketball gymnasium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 10, 2008.
    President George W. Bush speaks with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger before the start of the men's preliminary round group B basketball match between USA and China at the Olympic basketball gymnasium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Aug. 10, 2008.
    ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images
  • Keynote speaker Stephen Colbert pokes fun at former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, center, and CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, right, as CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, left, looks on during the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a charity gala organized by the Archdiocese of New York, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, on Oct. 17, 2013, in New York.
    Keynote speaker Stephen Colbert pokes fun at former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, center, and CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, right, as CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, left, looks on during the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a charity gala organized by the Archdiocese of New York, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, on Oct. 17, 2013, in New York.
    Jason DeCrow/AP
  • Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attends the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, where Kissinger underwent an aortic valve replacement procedure, July 15, 2014.
    Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attends the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, where Kissinger underwent an aortic valve replacement procedure, July 15, 2014.
    Jason DeCrow/AP

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Henry Kissinger, one of the country's most important foreign policy thinkers for more than half a century, has died at the age of 100.

He died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut, according a statement from his consulting firm, Kissinger Associates, Inc. A cause of death was not provided.

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