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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Widow Eeva Ahtisaari and son Marko Ahtisaari pay respect by the coffin of former President of the Republic Martti Ahtisaari during the state funeral at the Helsinki Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. Foreign dignitaries gathered in Finland’s capital on Friday to bid farewell to former President Martti Ahtisaari, including leaders of countries where he helped reach peace accords. Ahtisaari, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008, died Oct. 16 at the age of 86. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Dignitaries attend funeral of ex-Finnish President Ahtisaari, peace broker and Nobel laureate

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Martti Ahtisaari, U.N. Special Representative for Namibia, speaks at a press conference where he declared that the voting in Namibia had been free and fair, Saturday, Nov. 11, 1989. Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. He was 86. (AP Photo/Billy Paddock, File)

Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 86

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press