Salvador Allende AKA Salvador Allende Gossens Born: 26-Jul-1908 [1] Birthplace: Valparaíso, Chile Died: 11-Sep-1973 Location of death: Santiago, Chile Cause of death: Suicide [2] Remains: Buried, Cementerio General, Santiago, Chile
Gender: Male Religion: Atheist Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Chile Executive summary: Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet President of Chile, overthrown in a military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet and tacitly approved by Henry Kissinger and the United States government.
[1] Printed sources vary, giving 26 June or 26 July 1908. We use the July date, taken from the introduction of his book, Chile's Road to Socialism (1973), English translation, page 11. Current Biography Yearbook 1971 concurs with a July date.
[2] Although officially determined to be suicide, there is wide speculation that Allende was actually assassinated.
Father: Salvador Allende Castro Mother: Laura Gossens Uribe Wife: Hortensia Bussi (b. 1914, m. 1940, d. 18-Jun-2009, 3 daughters) Daughter: Isabel Allende (b. 18-Jan-1945, Chilean politician, cousin of the author Isabel Allende)
High School: Liceo Eduardo de la Barra, Valparaíso, Chile Medical School: MD, University of Chile (1933)
President of Chile (1970-73) Duel: Pistols with Raúl Rettig (1952) Traveled to the USSR 7-Dec-1972 Declared Martial Law Jun-1973 Ousted in a Coup 1973 Shot: Self-Inflicted apparently shot himself with an AK-47 (11-Sep-1973) Autopsy
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR The War on Democracy (21-May-2007) · Himself On Company Business (Feb-1980) · Himself
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 19-Oct-1970
Time, 24-Sep-1973
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