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Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen at the presidential palace in Sana in 2008.
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Ali Abdullah Saleh
Died on December 4, 2017 at age 75
The former leader of Yemen, Mr. Saleh was known as a hardy survivor of Middle Eastern politics who had ruled for more than three decades and re-emerged to play a major role in his country’s devastating civil war.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.