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Former US Treasury Secretary and Iraq War Critic Paul O’Neill Dies at 84
Paul O'Neill, the blunt-spoken former head of Alcoa Corp who was fired after two rocky years as U.S. President George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary has died.
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill points to a reporter during a post G7 news conference at the World Bank Building in Washington on Sept. 28, 2002. Hyungwon Kang/Reuters
Paul O'Neill, the blunt-spoken former head of Alcoa Corp who was fired after two rocky years as U.S. President George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary, died on Saturday at the age of 84 at his home in Pittsburgh.
His family said he had been treated for lung cancer and his death was unrelated to COVID-19, the WSJ reported.