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| Mario Vázquez Raña, Publisher and Olympic Movement Power, Dies at 82 | |
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| Mario Vázquez Raña, a Mexican newspaper publisher who briefly owned United Press International and was a powerful member of the International Olympic Committee, died on Sunday in Mexico City. He was 82. | Mario Vázquez Raña, a Mexican newspaper publisher who briefly owned United Press International and was a powerful member of the International Olympic Committee, died on Sunday in Mexico City. He was 82. |
| Carlos Padilla Becerra, head of the Mexican Olympic Committee, confirmed Mr. Vázquez Raña’s death but did not specify the cause. | Carlos Padilla Becerra, head of the Mexican Olympic Committee, confirmed Mr. Vázquez Raña’s death but did not specify the cause. |
| Mr. Vázquez Raña, the owner of more than 60 newspapers in Mexico, took over the struggling U.P.I. news agency with a partner, Joe Russo, in 1986, paying $40 million. At the time, Mr. Vázquez Raña’s fortune was estimated to be $1 billion. He sold the company after two rocky years. It is now owned by an affiliate of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church. | Mr. Vázquez Raña, the owner of more than 60 newspapers in Mexico, took over the struggling U.P.I. news agency with a partner, Joe Russo, in 1986, paying $40 million. At the time, Mr. Vázquez Raña’s fortune was estimated to be $1 billion. He sold the company after two rocky years. It is now owned by an affiliate of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church. |
| Mr. Vázquez Raña was head of the Association of National Olympic Committees from 1979 to 2012, which for years made him one of the most powerful people on the International Olympic Committee. He also served on the committee’s executive board and was the president of the Pan American Sports Organization at the time of his death. | Mr. Vázquez Raña was head of the Association of National Olympic Committees from 1979 to 2012, which for years made him one of the most powerful people on the International Olympic Committee. He also served on the committee’s executive board and was the president of the Pan American Sports Organization at the time of his death. |
| “He had outstanding merit within the Olympic movement, and we will always remember him as a great Olympic leader,” Thomas Bach, the I.O.C. president, said in a statement. The Olympic flag at the I.O.C. headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, will be flown at half-staff in his honor, Mr. Bach said. | “He had outstanding merit within the Olympic movement, and we will always remember him as a great Olympic leader,” Thomas Bach, the I.O.C. president, said in a statement. The Olympic flag at the I.O.C. headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, will be flown at half-staff in his honor, Mr. Bach said. |
| Mr. Vázquez Raña resigned from all of his Olympic positions in 2012 in the face of a possible revolt by delegates to the Association of National Olympic Committees. He was a close ally of Juan Antonio Samaranch, who was president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001. | Mr. Vázquez Raña resigned from all of his Olympic positions in 2012 in the face of a possible revolt by delegates to the Association of National Olympic Committees. He was a close ally of Juan Antonio Samaranch, who was president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001. |