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	{{short description\| Indian politician, businessman and religious scholar }}		{{short description\| Indian politician, businessman and religious scholar }}
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	{{Infobox politician		{{Infobox politician
	\| name = Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		\| name = Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
	\| native_name = ~~مولوی~~ افتخار ~~حسین انصاری~~		\| native_name = مولانا مولوى افتخار حسين انصارى
	\| image = ~~molviansari.jpg~~		\| image =
	\| post = Cabinet minister and MLA		\| post = Cabinet minister and MLA
	\| constituency = [[Pattan]], [[Baramulla]], Kashmir		\| constituency = [[Pattan]], [[Baramulla]], Kashmir
	\| residence = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]		\| residence = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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	\| birth_date = 26 April 1942		\| birth_date = 26 April 1942
	\| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], India		\| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2014\|9\|30\|~~1943~~		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2014\|9\|30\|1942
	\|4\|26\|df=y}}		\|4\|26\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar		\| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar
	\| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]		\| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]
	\| otherparty = '''President''', All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, '''Chairman''', Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust		\| otherparty = '''President''', [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association]], '''Chairman''', [[Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust]]
	'''Patron''', Mouarifat-ul-Uloom Islami		'''Patron''', Mouarifat-ul-Uloom Islami
	\| children = [[Imran Raza Ansari]], Irfan Raza Ansari, and a daughter		\| children = [[Imran Raza Ansari]], Irfan Raza Ansari, and a daughter
	}}		}}
	'''Iftikhar Hussain Ansari''' (26 April 1942 – 30 September 2014), widely known among his followers as '''Moulvi Sahib''', was a [[Kashmiri people\|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam\|Shia]] cleric, politician, businessman and a proponent of the [[Grand Ashura Procession In Kashmir]]. He succeeded his father Muhammad Jawad Ansari as president of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association]] in Jammu & Kashmir in 1962, a position which he held for life.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas\|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|publisher=Kashmir Observer\|accessdate=24 April 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|archivedate=4 January 2013}}</ref> He was a sitting member of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]; he was earlier a member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference\|National Conference]] and [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]].<ref name="KashmirLife">{{cite web\|title=Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari\|url=http://kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/\|publisher=Kashmir Life\|accessdate=24 April 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104327/http://www.kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/\|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref>		'''Iftikhar Hussain Ansari''' (26 April 1942 – 30 September 2014), widely known among his followers as '''Moulvi Sahib''', was a [[Kashmiri people\|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam\|Shia]] cleric, politician, businessman and a proponent of the [[Grand Ashura Procession In Kashmir]]. He was a representative of [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] and other [[maraji’]]. He was one of the leading shia clerics in [[Kashmir]] and had close relations with multiple other important scholars such as Sayyid Jawad Shahristani, [[Mohammad Alavi Gorgani]] and [[Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani]]. He succeeded his father Muhammad Jawad Ansari as president of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association]] in Jammu & Kashmir in 1962, a position which he held for life.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas\|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|publisher=Kashmir Observer\|accessdate=24 April 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|archivedate=4 January 2013}}</ref> He was a sitting member of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]; he was earlier a member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference\|National Conference]] and [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]].<ref name="KashmirLife">{{cite web\|title=Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari\|url=http://kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/\|publisher=Kashmir Life\|accessdate=24 April 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104327/http://www.kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/\|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref>

	==Assassinations==		==Assassinations==
	Ansari was thrice the target of unsuccessful assassination attempts. In June 2000 Ansari barely escaped the explosion of a [[landmine]] while addressing a religious congregation at Gund Khwaja Qasim. The blast killed twelve of his followers. On 1 September 2000 Ansari was injured by an [[Improvised explosive device\|IED]] explosion that killed two policemen and a driver. Police suspected the [[Hizbul Mujahideen]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Hizbul Momineen Behind Twin Attacks On Ansari: DGP\|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2000/kashmir20000902a.html\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|date~~=2 September 2000 \|accessdate~~=25 April 2013}}</ref>		Ansari was thrice the target of unsuccessful assassination attempts. In June 2000, Ansari barely escaped the explosion of a [[landmine]] while addressing a religious congregation at Gund Khwaja Qasim. The blast killed twelve of his followers. On 1 September 2000, Ansari was injured by an [[Improvised explosive device\|IED]] explosion that killed two policemen and a driver. Police suspected the [[Hizbul Mujahideen]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Hizbul Momineen Behind Twin Attacks On Ansari: DGP\|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2000/kashmir20000902a.html\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref>

	==Death==		==Death==
	Ansari died at his residence in Dar ul Jawad, Qamarwari, Srinagar on the morning of 30 September 2014 after a prolonged liver illness.<ref name="greaterkashmir.com">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=1 October 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151632/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp \|archive-date=6 October 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Ansari had been undergoing specialized treatment in the [[United States]]. Various political, religious and social leaders offered condolences. Almost ~~half a million~~ people attended his funeral ~~procession~~, from qamarwari to Zadibal imambargah where namaz e jenazah was offered.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.jandknow.com/news/09303673-pdps-molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari-passes-away \| title=PDP's Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari passes away\|website=Jandknow.com\| date=2014-09-30}}</ref> He was buried in his ancestral graveyard, Baba Mazar, Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal, Srinagar.		Ansari died at his residence in Dar ul Jawad, Qamarwari, Srinagar on the morning of 30 September 2014 after a prolonged liver illness.<ref name="greaterkashmir.com">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp \|title=Influential leader MolviIftikharHussain Ansari passes away Lastupdate:- Wed, 1 Oct 2014 18:30:00 GMT GreaterKashmir.com \|access-date=1 October 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151632/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp \|archive-date=6 October 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Ansari had been undergoing specialized treatment in the [[United States]]. Various political, religious and social leaders offered condolences. Almost more than two hundred thousand people attended his funeral, from qamarwari to Zadibal imambargah where namaz e jenazah was offered.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.jandknow.com/news/09303673-pdps-molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari-passes-away \| title=PDP's Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari passes away\|website=Jandknow.com\| date=2014-09-30}}</ref> He was buried in his ancestral graveyard, Baba Mazar, Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal, Srinagar.

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{cite web\|title=IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN ANSARI Srinagar (JAMMU & KASHMIR)\|url=http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=6759\|publisher=National Election Watch. My Neta\|access-date=25 April 2013}}		*{{cite web\|title=IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN ANSARI Srinagar (JAMMU & KASHMIR)\|url=http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=6759\|publisher=National Election Watch. My Neta\|access-date=25 April 2013}}

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	[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians]]		[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians]]
	[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]		[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
	[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]		[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]
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The dob of molvi iftikhar is actually 1943 i know as i am a close family friend where as on wikipedia it was written 1942

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	\| birth_date = 26 April 1942		\| birth_date = 26 April 1942
	\| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], India		\| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2014\|9\|30\|~~1942~~\|4\|26\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2014\|9\|30\|1943
			\|4\|26\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar		\| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar
	\| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]		\| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]

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			{{short description\| Indian politician, businessman and religious scholar }}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=March 2018}}
			{{Use Indian English\|date=March 2018}}
	{{Infobox politician		{{Infobox politician
	\| name = Iftikhar Hussain Ansari		\| name = Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
	\| native_name = افتخار حسین انصاری		\| native_name = مولوی افتخار حسین انصاری
	\| image = molviansari.jpg		\| image = molviansari.jpg
	\| constituency = [[Pattan]], [[~~Baramullah~~]], Kashmir		\| post = Cabinet minister and MLA
	\| residence = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir]]		\| constituency = [[Pattan]], [[Baramulla]], Kashmir
	\| alma_mater =[[Sultanul Madaris]], [[Lucknow]], India ~~and Madras-e- Baghdadi kufa~~,Iraq		\| residence = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]
			\| alma_mater = [[Sultanul Madaris]], [[Lucknow]], India <br> [[Hawza Elmia Najaf]], [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]
	\| birth_date = 26 April 1942		\| birth_date = 26 April 1942
	\| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir]], India		\| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2014\|9\|30\|1942\|4\|26\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2014\|9\|30\|1942\|4\|26\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar		\| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar
	\| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party~~]], [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference~~]]		\| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]
	\| otherparty = '''President''', All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, '''Chairman''', Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust		\| otherparty = '''President''', All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, '''Chairman''', Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust
	\| children = [[Imran ~~Reza~~ Ansari]], Irfan ~~Reza~~ Ansari, and a daughter		'''Patron''', Mouarifat-ul-Uloom Islami
			\| children = [[Imran Raza Ansari]], Irfan Raza Ansari, and a daughter
	}}		}}
	'''~~Molvi~~ Iftikhar Hussain Ansari''' ([[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]: मौलवी इफ्तिखार हुसैन अंसारी <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, مولوی افتخار حسین ااری <small>([[Nastaʿlīq script\|Nastaleeq]])</small>) (26 April ~~1940 –~~ 30 September 2014) was a [[Kashmiri people\|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam\|Shia]] cleric, politician and a ~~businessman~~. He succeeded his father ~~[[Molvi~~ Muhammad Jawad Ansari]] as president of [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association in Jammu & Kashmir]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas\|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|publisher=Kashmir Observer\|accessdate=24 April 2013\|~~archive~~-~~date~~=~~4 January 2013~~\|~~archive-url~~=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		'''Iftikhar Hussain Ansari''' (26 April 1942 – 30 September 2014), widely known among his followers as '''Moulvi Sahib''', was a [[Kashmiri people\|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam\|Shia]] cleric, politician, businessman and a proponent of the [[Grand Ashura Procession In Kashmir]]. He succeeded his father Muhammad Jawad Ansari as president of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association]] in Jammu & Kashmir in 1962, a position which he held for life.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas\|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|publisher=Kashmir Observer\|accessdate=24 April 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas\|archivedate=4 January 2013}}</ref> He was a sitting member of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]; he was earlier a member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference\|National Conference]] and [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]].<ref name="KashmirLife">{{cite web\|title=Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari\|url=http://kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/\|publisher=Kashmir Life\|accessdate=24 April 2013\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104327/http://www.kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/\|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref>

	He was ~~a sitting member~~ of ~~[[Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for~~ the [[~~Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party~~]]. He was ~~earlier a member of~~ [[~~Jammu & Kashmir National Conference~~\|~~National Conference~~]] and [[~~Indian National Congress\|Congress~~]].<ref ~~name="KashmirLife"~~>{{cite ~~web~~\|title=~~Molvi Iftikhar Hussain~~ Ansari\|url=http://~~kashmirlife~~.~~net~~/~~molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari~~/\|~~publisher~~=~~Kashmir Life~~\|accessdate=24 April 2013~~\|archive-date=17 October 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104327/http://www.kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/\|url-status=dead~~}}</ref> ~~He was also a business tycoon with interest in car dealerships.~~		==Assassinations==
			Ansari was thrice the target of unsuccessful assassination attempts. In June 2000 Ansari barely escaped the explosion of a [[landmine]] while addressing a religious congregation at Gund Khwaja Qasim. The blast killed twelve of his followers. On 1 September 2000 Ansari was injured by an [[Improvised explosive device\|IED]] explosion that killed two policemen and a driver. Police suspected the [[Hizbul Mujahideen]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Hizbul Momineen Behind Twin Attacks On Ansari: DGP\|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2000/kashmir20000902a.html\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|date=2 September 2000 \|accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref>

	On morning of 30 September 2014~~, Iftikhar Hussain died of due to~~ [[~~cirrhosis~~]], ~~aged 74~~.		==Death==
			Ansari died at his residence in Dar ul Jawad, Qamarwari, Srinagar on the morning of 30 September 2014 after a prolonged liver illness.<ref name="greaterkashmir.com">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=1 October 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151632/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp \|archive-date=6 October 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Ansari had been undergoing specialized treatment in the [[United States]]. Various political, religious and social leaders offered condolences. Almost half a million people attended his funeral procession, from qamarwari to Zadibal imambargah where namaz e jenazah was offered.<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://www.jandknow.com/news/09303673-pdps-molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari-passes-away \| title=PDP's Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari passes away\|website=Jandknow.com\| date=2014-09-30}}</ref> He was buried in his ancestral graveyard, Baba Mazar, Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal, Srinagar.

	==References==		==References==
	{{~~reflist~~}}		{{Reflist}}

			==External links==
			*{{cite web\|title=IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN ANSARI Srinagar (JAMMU & KASHMIR)\|url=http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=6759\|publisher=National Election Watch. My Neta\|access-date=25 April 2013}}

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	[[Category:~~Indian~~ politicians]]		[[Category:Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
	[[Category:~~Civil servants~~]]		[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians]]
	[[Category:~~Indian business people~~]]		[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
			[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]

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{{Infobox politician
| name = Iftikhar Hussain Ansari
| native_name = افتخار حسین انصاری
| image = molviansari.jpg
| constituency = [[Pattan]], [[Baramullah]], Kashmir
| residence = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir]]
| alma_mater =[[Sultanul Madaris]], [[Lucknow]], India and Madras-e- Baghdadi kufa,Iraq
| birth_date = 26 April 1942
| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|9|30|1942|4|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar
| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]], [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference]]
| otherparty = '''President''', All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, '''Chairman''', Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust
| children = [[Imran Reza Ansari]], Irfan Reza Ansari, and a daughter
}}
'''Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: मौलवी इफ्तिखार हुसैन अंसारी <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, مولوی افتخار حسین ااری <small>([[Nastaʿlīq script|Nastaleeq]])</small>) (26 April 1940 – 30 September 2014) was a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam|Shia]] cleric, politician and a businessman. He succeeded his father [[Molvi Muhammad Jawad Ansari]] as president of [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association in Jammu & Kashmir]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|publisher=Kashmir Observer|accessdate=24 April 2013|archive-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was a sitting member of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]. He was earlier a member of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref name="KashmirLife">{{cite web|title=Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari|url=http://kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/|publisher=Kashmir Life|accessdate=24 April 2013|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104327/http://www.kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also a business tycoon with interest in car dealerships.

On morning of 30 September 2014, Iftikhar Hussain died of due to [[cirrhosis]], aged 74.

==References==
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