Friedman, Nobel Prize winner, dies
17th Nov 2006, 06:33 GMT
Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the past century and winner of a 1976 Nobel Prize, died yesterday morning of heart failure at a San Francisco hospital, a spokeswoman for his family said. He was 94.
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