Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and Macalester grad, dies at age 80
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By John Heilprin and Francis Kokutse GENEVA - Kofi Annan, one of the world´s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. His foundation announced his death in Switzerland´s capital, Bern, on Saturday in a tweet , saying he died after a short unspecified illness. It did not give details and remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner as `radiating genuine kindness, warmth and brilliance in all he did.` The president of Ghana, where Annan was born, said in a tweet that `I am ... comforted by the information, after speaking to (Annan´s wife) Nane Maria, that he died...