Henry Kissinger, Controversial Former US Secretary of State, Dies Aged 100

Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state and political advisor who was lauded by some as a master statesman and branded by others as a glorified war criminal, has died aged 100. Kissinger had been a central presence in U.S. and global political spheres for decades, having forged his name during the Cold War to establish himself as a deft statesman and a pragmatic political hawk. Born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in the German city of Fà¼rth on May 27, 1923, he became known as Henry after his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1938 to avoid the Nazi persecution…