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He became a hero to AIDS activists, who chanted "Koop, Koop" at his appearances but booed other officials.
WSJ: C. Everett Koop, ex-surgeon general, dies in NH
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When liberated in the summer of 1945, he became a hero: "Skinny" Wainwright.
FORBES: Old Soldiers Never Lie
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But when his "Nissan Revival Plan" worked -- he resurrected the car maker from near bankruptcy a year earlier than scheduled -- he became a hero.
CNN: The True Story of Carlos Ghosn
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During Watergate, he discovered a fascist conspiracy at the heart of government, and was so disillusioned that he briefly became a stateless hero called Nomad.
ECONOMIST: Just in time for the 4th of July
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Orphaned during the revolutionary war, Jackson rose from nothing to prominence in the fights against the native Indians, and he later became a national hero at the end of the war of 1812.
ECONOMIST: American democracy
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He became the most famous man on the planet, a hero in a company of heroes, and then he simply walked away, taking a desk job at NASA and retiring two years later.
FORBES: Neil Armstrong, poet
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Vijender Singh became a national hero when he won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
BBC: Vijender Singh: Olympic boxer takes dope test
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Mr Goss became a global hero when he turned back in a southern ocean hurricane to rescue fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli in the 1996-97 Vende Globe round the world single-handed race.
BBC: Damaged yacht 'can still win'
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When he was a penniless San Francisco musician, Mark Bittner, the hero of this documentary, became a self-taught parrot authority and bonded with the species.
NEWYORKER: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
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It had already cost Mr Fujimori a minister he could ill afford to lose: the foreign minister, Francisco Tudela, who became a national hero during this year's hostage crisis.
ECONOMIST: Fujimori under fire
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He certainly became a hate figure to the left and a hero to many conservatives.
ECONOMIST: Lexington
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When he chose to participate in the latter, he was hailed by a hero by Yalies and briefly became a topic of national media attention.
FORBES: What Is It With Yale Football And The Rhodes Scholarship?