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Also Known As Muammar Kaddafi • Muammar Khadafy • Muammar al-Gathafi • Moammar Gadhafi • Muʿammar al-Qadhdhāfī
Born 1942 • near Surt • Libya • Libya
Died October 20, 2011 (aged 69) • Surt
Role In Pan Am flight 103

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