Samak dies at 74

phnompenhpost.com WEDNESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2009 15:03 AFP

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Then-prime minister of Thailand Samak Sundaravej gives a traditional greeting after a press conference at the Government House in Bangkok in February 2008. Samak, who was forced from office in 2008 for paid appearances on television cooking shows, died of liver cancer Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said.