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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

NAIROBI, Kenya - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai in the garden of her Nairobi office. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in the Kenyan capital while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization, the Green Belt Movement.

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai. She died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front L) visiting the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, escorted by then Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, in February 2010. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front R) planting a young tree at a beach in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, in April 2007. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front R) planting a young tree at a beach in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, in April 2007. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai. She died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front L) visiting the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, escorted by then Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, in February 2010. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

NAIROBI, Kenya - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai in the garden of her Nairobi office. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in the Kenyan capital while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization, the Green Belt Movement. (Kyodo)