Former South Vietnam Leader Nguyen Cao Ky Dies At 80

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Nguyen Cao Ky Dies At 80; Wartime Leader Of South Vietnam -- L.A. Times/AP

The former general, who sometimes took ruthless action, lived in Southern California after Saigon fell to North Vietnam.

Nguyen Cao Ky, the flamboyant former air force general who ruled South Vietnam with an iron fist for two years during the Vietnam War, died Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was 80.

Ky, who split his time between Southern California and Vietnam, died at a hospital where he was being treated for a respiratory complication, said his nephew, Peter Phan.

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