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Former Greek Olympic Committee President Minos Kyriakou dies
Greek media mogul and shipowner Minos Kyriakou, a former president of the country’s Olympic Committee, has died. He was 75.
Kyriakou died Sunday of a heart attack, the private Athens Medical Center said.
Kyriakou was born on May 31, 1942 in Poros, Greece. He began his career as a ship owner in the mid-1960s and remained involved in the sector.
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