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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1991 file photo, U.S. Army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf points to row of photos of Kuwait's Ahmadi Sea Island Terminal on fire after a U.S. attack on the facility. Schwarzkopf died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. He was 78. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of US-led forces in first Gulf War, has died

December 27, 2012 @ 5:05 pm (Updated: 5:33 am - 12/28/12 )

WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. official says retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991, has died. He was 78.

The official tells The Associated Press that Schwarzkopf died Thursday in Tampa, Fla. The official wasn't authorized to release the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

A much-decorated combat soldier in Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was known popularly as "Stormin' Norman" for a notoriously explosive temper.

He lived in retirement in Tampa, where he had served in his last military assignment as commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command. That is the headquarters responsible for U.S. military and security concerns in nearly 20 countries from the eastern Mediterranean and Africa to Pakistan.

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  • dexterjibs wrote...
    Very sad to hear
    December 27, 2012 5:21 pm
    he was a true American hero.
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  • ronzilla wrote...
    I remember seeing Norman several times in the Royal Suadi dining facility in Riyahdh.
    December 27, 2012 7:13 pm
    He certainly had a confident way of carrying himself. He had so many Stars on his collar that it caused it to curl and give off an Elvis Presley look.

    This Gulf War Vet salutes you "Stormin Norman"!

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  • sportsguru wrote...
    Cool
    December 27, 2012 7:21 pm
    No nonsense dude, you always knew where you stood with him. You can't ask for more than that. He was the standard, everybody else was trying to be him.
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  • Jeff Schroeder wrote...
    Too Bad....
    December 27, 2012 8:24 pm
    ...God is furious about all that "Shock And Awe" stuff and is sending Norman to the DOWN Escalator....Sorry
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  • kato1967 wrote...
    You are an idiot
    December 28, 2012 7:51 am
    Hopefully you will wind up there sometime for your hatefulness.
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  • Moondoggie wrote...
    Hey Jeff!
    December 27, 2012 9:01 pm
    So I guess you were a big fan of S. Hussein’s rapes rooms? Perhaps his gassing of whole towns was more your cup of tea? Or was it the withholding of available medicine to children in hospitals more your style?
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  • TwoTrees wrote...
    Rest in peace, General Schwarzkopf.
    December 28, 2012 7:20 am
    tt.
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