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[00:00.69] Kissinger helped restore ties between the United States and China.

[00:07.08] He also negotiated the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.

[00:13.45] American former first lady Rosalynn Carter died on November 19.

[00:20.88] She was the closest adviser to her husband, former President Jimmy Carter.

[00:28.85] She served as first lady from 1977 to 1981.

[00:36.82] She advocated for better mental health care and help for caregivers in millions of American families.

[00:47.18] Overseas, she fought disease, mass hunger and the abuse of women and girls.

[00:56.21] She continued humanitarian work with her husband for 40 years following their time in the White House.

[01:06.83] The couple had been married for 77 years when Rosalynn Carter died at the age of 96.

[01:17.19] Others from the world of politics who died this year include: former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf, and former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

[01:37.65] The world also lost cultural leaders in 2023, including the so-called “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

[01:48.00] American Singer Tina Turner died in May at the age of 83.

[01:55.71] The entertainer teamed up with husband Ike Turner for a series of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ’70s.

[02:10.05] Ike was abusive and beat Tina. She left the marriage and returned as a solo artist with a best-selling album, Private Dancer, in 1984.

[02:25.99] “How do we say farewell to a woman who owned her pain and trauma and used it as a means to help change the world?” actor Angela Bassett said in a statement.

[02:41.39] Bassett played Turner in the 1993 movie What’s Love Got to Do With It.