Former Spanish prime minister Suarez dies at 81

By Harold Heckle

Published March 23, 2014 11:45pm ET

Former Spanish prime minister Suarez dies at 81 — FILE- This is a Jan. 14, 1980 file photo of Spain's Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez , left, as he meets with U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the White House in Washington. Suarez Spain's first democratically-elected prime minister after decades of right-wing rule under Gen. Francisco Franco, died Sunday March 23, 2014. Suarez was 81-years-old. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) | Dennis Cook

MADRID (AP) — Adolfo Suarez, Spain’s first democratically elected prime minister after decades of right-wing rule under Gen. Francisco Franco, has died aged 81.

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