George W. Bush remembers Van Cliburn

Renowned American classical pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday morning at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer, publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone told The Associated Press. Falcone announced inGeorge W Bush, a friend of long standing, recalled that Van Cliburn had played for every US president since Harry Truman. 'Members of the presidents' club could have taken a lesson from him in diplomacy,' he added.FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rar.“Over the course of many years, during the most difficult historical times, the art of Van Cliburn brought together people from different countries, different continents and united them,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement that

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