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Norman Schwarzkopf Dead: Retired General Dies At 78
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Feb 07, 2013 04:33pm |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Author | MITCH STACY and LOLITA C. BALDOR |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Friday, December 28, 2012 02:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON — Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular "Stormin' Norman" nickname.
The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander's reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him that rough-and-ready moniker. But others around the general, who died Thursday in Tampa, Fla., at age 78 from complications from pneumonia, knew him as a friendly, talkative and even jovial figure who preferred the somewhat milder sobriquet given by his troops: "The Bear."
That one perhaps suited him better later in his life, when he supported various national causes and children's charities while eschewing the spotlight and resisting efforts to draft him to run for political office.
He lived out a quiet retirement in Tampa, where he'd served his last military assignment and where an elementary school bearing his name is testament to his standing in the community. |
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