Robert Vesco, Fugitive Financier, Said To Have Died In Cuba

Robert Vesco, Fugitive Financier, Said To Have Died In Cuba

Robert L. Vesco, the fugitive financier who spent most of his life eluding American justice, might even have managed to die on the sly.

Mr. Vesco, who was sentenced to a long prison term in Cuba in 1996 and was wanted in the United States for crimes ranging from securities fraud and drug trafficking to political bribery, died more than five months ago, on Nov. 23, from lung cancer, say people close to him. If so, it was never reported publicly by the Cuban authorities, who said Friday that they considered him a "nonissue." American officials said Friday they knew nothing about his death.

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