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Brasilia architect Oscar Niemeyer dead at 104

Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian icon who revolutionized modern architecture and designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, died in Rio Wednesday, his doctors said.

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 2010 ©AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA

He was 104.

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