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Charles Horman


 

Charles Horman (May 15, 1942September 20, 1973), an American journalist, was one of the victims of the coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile on September 11, 1973 which deposed the democratically-elected socialist president, Salvador Allende. Horman's case was made famous by Costa-Gavras's 1982 film Missing.

Early years

Horman was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University in 1964 and worked for a number of years in the US media. In 1972, he settled temporarily in Chile to work as a freelance writer.

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