Bobby Fischer
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:36 pm
Bobby Fischer, Former World Chess Champion, Is Dead
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64.
Mr. Fischer died Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital, said his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson. There was no immediate word on the cause of death.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64.
Mr. Fischer died Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital, said his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson. There was no immediate word on the cause of death.
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http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na