| LC control no. | n 99024496 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mendez, Antonio J. |
| Variant(s) | Mendez, Tony |
| Birth date | 1940-11-15 |
| Death date | 2019-01-19 |
| Place of birth | Eureka (Nev.) |
| Place of death | Frederick (Md.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Central Intelligence Agency |
| Profession or occupation | Intelligence officers Artists Authors |
| Found in | The master of disguise, 1999: CIP t.p. (Antonio J. Mendez) Gathering info, c2007: t.p. (Tony Mendez) p. 31 (also author of Master of disguise) Wikipedia, Oct. 22 2012 (Tony Mendez, born 1940 in Eureka, Nevada as Antonio Joseph Mendez; a former CIA technical operations officer specializing in support of clandestine and covert CIA operations (1963-1990). Mendez is widely known for his role in the Canadian caper during the Iran hostage crisis, where six American diplomats were exfiltrated from Iran) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mendez> New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 22, 2019 (in obituary published Jan. 21: Tony Mendez; b. Antonio Joseph Mendez, Nov. 15, 1940, Eureka, Nev.; d. Saturday [Jan. 19, 2019], Frederick, Md., aged 78; C.I.A. officer celebrated in the film Argo) |
| Associated language | eng |
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