Former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, dies at 100 Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, has died at the age of 100. “Dr Henry Kissinger, a respected American scholar and statesman, died at his home in Connecticut,” Kissinger Associates announced in a statement late Wednesday. It said that Kissinger’s family would hold a private funeral, with a memorial service to take place later in New York, where Kissinger grew up after...