Cold War-era leading US diplomat Henry Kissinger passes away at the age of 100.
Source Reuters Cold War-era leading US diplomat Henry Kissinger passes away at the age of 100. Nov. 29 (Reuters) - Henry Kissinger, the leading American diplomat of the Cold War era, passed away at the age of 100. Kissinger was despised by opponents of human rights but helped Washington open up to China, negotiate arms control agreements with the Soviet Union, and end the Vietnam War. Kissinger, a Jewish refugee from Germany whose career took him from academia to diplomacy and who continued to be an influential figure in foreign affairs into his later years, passed away at home on Wednesday, according to his geopolitical consulting firm, Kissinger Associates Inc. Kissinger was at the pinnacle of his career in the midst of the Cold War in the 1970s, when he served as secretary of state and national security adviser to Republican President Richard Nixon. President Gerald Ford succeeded Nixon as secreta