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Nancy Kissinger, philanthropist and wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, dies at 92
The longtime philanthropist and former foreign policy researcher died at her Connecticut home and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
The short version
- Nancy Kissinger passed away on Thursday at her home in Kent, Connecticut, at the age of 92.
- She was a prominent New York philanthropist, former foreign policy researcher, and the wife of the late Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
- A burial beside her late husband is planned at Arlington National Cemetery at a future date.
- Her cause of death was not publicly disclosed.
Key facts
- Nancy Kissinger died at age 92 on Thursday at her residence in Kent, Connecticut, according to property manager Robert Johnson.[ABC News · Associated Press]
- She married then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on March 30, 1974, after meeting him in the mid-1960s while working on New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's staff.[ABC News · Associated Press]
- She is scheduled to be buried next to her late husband at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.[ABC News · Associated Press]
What remains uncertain
- The cause of Nancy Kissinger's death was not disclosed.[ABC News · Associated Press]