Duane Clarridge
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Duane Clarridge | |
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Born | Duane Ramsdell Clarridge April 16, 1932 |
Died | April 9, 2016 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation | Spy |
Parent(s) | Duane Herbert Clarridge, Alice Scott Ramsdale |
Espionage activity | |
Allegiance | USA |
Rank | Senior operations officer |
Duane Ramsdell "Dewey" Clarridge (April 16, 1932 – April 9, 2016) was an American senior operations officer for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and supervisor for more than 30 years. Clarridge was the chief of the Latin American division from 1981 to 1987 and a key figure in the Iran-Contra Affair.[1][2]
Clarridge died at the age of 83, a week short of his 84th birthday in Leesburg, Virginia on April 9, 2016 from complications of esophageal cancer.[3]
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References
- ↑ Greenberg, Gerald S., ed. (2000). Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Independent Counsel Investigations. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0313307350. LCCN 00-024522. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ↑ Weil, Martin (2016-04-11) (in en-US). Duane 'Dewey' Clarridge, CIA official enmeshed in Iran-contra affair, dies at 83. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/duane-dewey-clarridge-cia-official-enmeshed-in-iran-contra-affair-dies-at-83/2016/04/11/78979470-ff90-11e5-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ↑ Mazzetti, Mark (2016-04-10). Duane R. Clarridge, Brash Spy Who Fought Terror Networks, Dies at 83. . https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/us/duane-r-clarridge-brash-spy-who-fought-terror-dies-at-83.html. Retrieved 2016-04-11.