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Lucia Hiriart, widow of Chilean dictator Pinochet, dies aged 99

By Fabian Cambero
FILE PHOTO: Lucia Hiriart, the widow of Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, attends a mass at a military church in Santiago, Chile, December 10, 2007. Picture taken December 10, 2007. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Lucia Hiriart, the widow of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, died on Thursday at the age of 99, her family said.

Her death came three days before a polarized presidential election in Chile in which one of the candidates defends the legacy of the military regime.

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