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Sunday, April 03, 2005

Pope John Paul II Dies at 84

By VICTOR L. SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, who helped topple communism in Europe and left a deeply conservative stamp on the church that he led for 26 years, died Saturday night in his Vatican apartment, ending a long public struggle against debilitating illness. He was 84.

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