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Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, 69, dies 30 years ago this hour (Feb 9 1984)

February 9, 20141980s, Cold Waradmin

(Thursday, February 9, 1984, 4:50 p.m. local time) — Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov, 69, died today in Moscow from several medical conditions, 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev. He would be followed by Konstantin U. Chernenko.

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