Charlie Wilson of "Charlie Wilson's War" fame is dead

Subject of Afghanistan movie

February 10, 2010 at 9:55PM

Tom Hanks portrayed the former Texas Congressman in a movie largely regarded as an accurate foreshadowing of the trouble Afghanistan plays to any foreign party.

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