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Former Soviet leader dies from rare case of old age

No tragic window accident?

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Sep 02, 2022
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MOSCOW—In a break from Russian tradition, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Premier whose policies helped hasten the end of the USSR, died earlier this week at the age of … 91 years old? HOLY SHIT.

For decades since the passing of Josef Stalin, who died at 75 after suffering a stroke, the deaths of Soviet leaders have often been of questionable causes, and s…

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