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The History Hour: The Death of Che Guevara

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The Death of Che Guevara

14/10/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The Death of Che Guevara

The final hours of the revolutionary hero, Italy's looted art and Madonna's early years.

Felix Rodriguez, one of the last men to see Che alive; plus WW2 looted art, testifying against OJ Simpson, remembering a Catalan hero and Madonna's early years.

In October 1967 the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was captured and killed in Bolivia - we hear from the CIA operative who was one of the last people to speak to him. Plus, the plan to rescue Italy's art from the Nazis; remembering a hero of Catalan nationalism; the policeman and friend who testified against OJ Simpson, and Madonna - the early years. 

(Photo: Felix Rodriguez (left) with the captured Che Guevara, shortly before his execution on 9 October 1967. Courtesy of Felix Rodriguez)

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