Ex-CIA officer Mendez from movie Argo dies

Updated January 21 2019 - 5:56am, first published 5:53am
Antonio "Tony" Mendez, the former CIA officer portrayed in the film Argo by Ben Affleck, has died.
Antonio "Tony" Mendez, the former CIA officer portrayed in the film Argo by Ben Affleck, has died.

A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six US diplomats from Iran in 1980, and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film Argo, has died. He was 78.

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