Yasser Arafat
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Yasser Arafat

Dead

Born: 8/4/1929 in Cairo, Egypt
Died: 11/11/2004
Age: 75
Cause of death: stroke

Full name: Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat al Qudwa al-Husseini
Noted For: leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) (1968-2004); president of the Palestinian Authority (1995-2004). Received the Nobel Peace Prize (1994).