Word: dulleses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WASHINGTON--John Foster Dulles, former Secretary of State, died of cancer yesterday morning at the age of 71.
Members of the family were notified at their homes at 5:30 that the end was approaching. Mrs. Dulles was with her husband when he died.
For weeks, Dulles had been slipping. In February he was told that there had been a recurrence of the cancer of the colon which had led to his operation in 1956. By April 12 he was back at the hospital, never to leave again.
Just last Wednesday, the President bestowed on Dulles the nation's highest award to civilians, the Medal of Freedom. Only 13 persons have received this award since it was created in 1946. Dulles was too ill for Eisenhower to present the medal in person.
Eisenhower Lauds Dulles