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Former German Media Mogul Leo Kirch Dies At 84

Associated Press | by Geir Moulson

BERLIN (AP) — Leo Kirch, a German media mogul whose television-based empire unraveled in a spectacular bankruptcy nearly a decade ago, died Thursday. He was 84. Kirch, a towering business figure in postwar West Germany, was a friend of longtime German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and had business ties with News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch and Italian […]