Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, one of the most influential statesmen of the 20th century, has died at age 100.
Kissinger served as secretary of state under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969 to 1977. While in the position, he played a central role in opening up relations with China, beginning detente with the Soviet Union, ending the war in Vietnam, assisting Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, navigating through the OPEC oil embargo, and assisting in crushing communist movements.
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Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, according to Reuters. He was born in Germany and fled to the United States amid anti-Jewish persecution.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to orchestrate the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement, which negotiated the U.S. exit from Vietnam.
