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Cold War icon Fischer passes away

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  • Former chess champion Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland at the age of 64
  • Fischer became a Cold War icon when he became world champion in 1972
  • His clash with the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky captured global attention
  • Fischer renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to Iceland in 2005
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