Kissinger hospitalized with limited heart attack

NEW YORK, OCT 27: Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has suffered a “limited heart attack” and is recovering at a hospital here, officials announced on Thursday.”

“Kissinger was admitted to New York Cornell Medical Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday, October 25, for a limited heart attack,”a hospital spokeswoman said. She said Kissinger, 77, was “doing well” but was expected to remain in the hospital for a few days.

A former refugee from Nazi Germany, Kissinger rose to become President Richard Nixon’s National Security Adviser and later US secretary of state. He was the Chief Architect of Nixon’s 1972 historic visit to China, helped initiate strategic arms reduction talks with the Soviet Union, and negotiated a cease-fire agreement between the US and Vietnam. His efforts to end the Vietnam war earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1973.