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Jump to full article: AP, 2002-05-06
Author: VANESSA ARRINGTON, Associated Press Writ
Intro: Dictator-turned-democrat Hugo Banzer was buried Monday at a funeral attended by military brass and politicians who praised him as a humble man with an immense love for Bolivia. . .
A cigarette smoker, Banzer was diagnosed in July 2001 by doctors in Washington with lung cancer that had spread to his liver. He underwent chemotherapy treatments in Washington.
The cancer forced him to resign as president on Aug. 6, 2001, a year before his term ended.
In February, doctors announced that the cancer had spread to his brain and throughout his body.
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