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Tony Mendez, the Real-Life Spy Who Inspired Ben Affleck's 'Argo', Dies at 78
Tony Mendez, a spy best known for rescuing six American diplomats during the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis — which was the subject of the 2012 film Argo — has passed away. He was 78.
Mendez, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died Saturday at an assisted living facility in Frederick, Maryland, a spokesperson for the International Spy Museum, of which Mendez was a founding member, confirmed to PEOPLE.
Christy Fletcher, his literary manager, also shared a statement from his family, which said Mendez had been living with Parkinson’s for over 10 years.
“He was surrounded with love from his family and will be sorely missed,” the family statement reads. “The last thing he and his wife Jonna Mendez did was get their new book to the publisher and he died felling he had completed writing the stories that he wanted to be told.”
“I was honored to work with Tony Mendez for twenty years and
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Tony Mendez, Former CIA Officer Depicted in ‘Argo,’ Dies at 78
Tony Mendez, the former CIA technical operations officer who orchestrated the 1980 rescue of six American diplomats from Iran and who was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the Academy Award winning film “Argo,” has died. He was 78.
Mendez’s book agent, Christy Fletcher, announced the news on Twitter Saturday morning.
“Early this morning, Antonio (Tony) J. Mendez finally succumbed to the Parkinson’s Disease that he had been diagnosed with ten+ years ago,” the statement reads. “He was surrounded with love from his family and will be sorely missed. The last thing he and his wife Jonna Mendez did was get their new book to the publisher and he died feeling he had completd writing the stories that he wanted to be told.”
The message states Mendez will be buried in a private ceremony at the family graveyard in Nevada.
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Tony Mendez, former CIA Officer Portrayed in ‘Argo,’ Dies at 78
Tony Mendez, the former CIA officer who famously supervised the rescue of six American diplomats from Iran in 1980 and authored the memoir upon which the 2012 film Argo was based, has died. He was 78.
Mendez’s book agent, Christy Fletcher, was the first to report the news Saturday on Twitter. “I have very sad news to report,” she wrote. “I was honored to work with Tony Mendez for twenty years and his loving wife Jonna. This is a crushing loss for his family, friends and our world. inom will miss him very very much.”
Fletcher attached a family statement to her tweet, which named the cause of death as Parkinson’s disease. “Early this morning, Antonio (Tony) J. Mendez finally succumbed to the Parkinson’s Disease that he had been diagnosed with ten+ years ago. He was surrounded with love from his family and will be sorely missed,” the statement read. &