General Vang Pao died at age 81

6 of 36: Members of the Hmong community call for the release of former Laotion General Vang Pao, who is being held on charges of trying to overthrow the government of Laos, during a demonstration outside the Robert T. Matsui Federal Courthouse in in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 11, 2007. A magistrate judge ordered Pao, 77, who led a Hmong fighting force that helped the CIA and American forces during the Vietnam War, detained until his trial. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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