BEIRUT Former President Camille Chamoun, who helped leadLebanon's fight for independence and later requested the first U.S.military intervention in the Middle East, died Friday. He was 87.
A hospital statement said Mr. Chamoun, who survived fourassassination attempts, died of heart failure in Saint GeorgeHospital. He had been admitted Thursday with a heart ailment.
Camille Nimr "Tiger" Chamoun came from an ancient and prominentfamily among the Maronites, a Middle Eastern Christian community. Hewas educated at a French school in Beirut and graduated in 1923 witha law degree.
He was later elected to Lebanon's Chamber of Deputies and heldseveral …
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