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The Guardian - UK
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Graham Larkbey

Letter: Henry Kissinger obituary

Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger being interviewed in Washington DC in 1973, the year he was awarded the Nobel peace prize. Photograph: Brooks Kraft/Corbis/Getty Images

Your obituary of Henry Kissinger reminded me of the quote by the songwriter Tom Lehrer: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.”

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