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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori who was embraced by Obama dies at 88

Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori during a ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western, Japan, May 27, 2016 - (AP)

Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Barack Obama has died at age 88.

Born in 1937, Mori was 8 years old when he survived the Aug. 6, 1945 U.S. attack only 2½ kilometers (1½ miles) away from the blast.

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