AKA Salvador Allende Gossens

Born: 26-Jul-1908
Birthplace: Valparaíso, Chile
Died: 11-Sep-1973
Location of death: Santiago, Chile
Cause of death: Suicide [1]
Remains: Buried, General Cemetery, Santiago, Chile

Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Chile
Executive summary: Chilean President deposed by Pinochet

President of Chile, overthrown in a military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet and tacitly approved by Henry Kissinger and the United States government.

Father: Salvador Allende Castro
Mother: Laura Gossens Uribe
Wife: Hortensia Bussi (m. 1940, 3 daughters)
Daughter: Isabel Allende (b. 18-Jan-1945, Chilean politician, cousin of the author Isabel Allende)

    High School: Liceo Eduardo de la Barra, Valparaíso, Chile
    Medical School: MD, University of Chile (1933)

    Duel: Pistols with Raśl Rettig (1952)
    Shot: Self-Inflicted apparently shot himself with an AK-47 (11-Sep-1973)
    Autopsy

Appears on the cover of:
Time, 19-Oct-1970
Time, 24-Sep-1973

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