Arafat in a candle-lit interview at his ruined West Bank headquarters
(Reuters)
Updated: 2004-11-11 14:24

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who rose from guerrilla icon to Nobel prize-winning peacemaker only to fall into isolation amid new violence with Israel, was declared dead in a Paris hospital November 10, 2004, officials said. The 75-year-old Palestinian president's death, announced at his West Bank headquarters of Ramallah, ended days of rumors over his condition. Arafat is pictured in a candle-lit interview March 30, 2002 at his ruined West Bank headquarters. [Reuters]