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    Classical pianist Van Cliburn dies at 78

    Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status, has died. He was 78.

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    1. FILE - This April 11, 1958 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn performing in final round of Tchaikovsky International Piano & Violin competition in Moscow. Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pi
    2. In this photo provided by the Van Cliburn Foundation, Texas pianist Van Cliburn performs to a packed audience in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow, Russia, in April 1958 during the f
    3. Pianist Van Cliburn poses for a portrait at the Steinway & Sons showroom in New York on March 18, 1994. Renowned classical pianist Van Cliburn has been diagnosed with advanced bone cancer and is res
    4. FILE - This Sept. 21, 2004 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn performing during at a concert dedicated to the memory of the victims of the recent Beslan school massacre in Moscow. Cliburn, the inte
    5. FILE - This July 12, 2003 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn after performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as the Orchestra plays "Happy Birthday," on his 69th birthday at Tanglewood in Lenox
    6. FILE - This Sept. 18, 2008 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn at the presentation ceremony of the Liberty Medal that was presented to former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in Philad
    7. President Barack Obama presents a 2010 National Medal of Arts to pianist Van Cliburn, Wednesday, March 2, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Mar

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