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Franz Josef II, 83, prince of Liechtenstein
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VADUZ Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein, who in a 51-year
reign saw his tiny, bucolic homeland became a modern industrial
nation with among the most prosperous citizens in the world, is dead
at 83.
Friends said he never quite recovered after collapsing at the
deathbed of his wife, Princess Gina, 67, less than a month ago in the
Swiss canton of St. Gall. Poor health prevented the prince from
attending her funeral Oct. 24, and he died in the same Swiss hospital
Monday night.
A government statement said the funeral would be held Nov. 23,
and it declared a period of mourning until Nov. ...
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Close to nature in glacier land
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