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The one distinctive mark left by General Augusto Pinochet, Chile’s be-shaded terrorist, will be the celebration of his death. That’s not accorded to many, and I can’t off-hand think of another who’s been granted it recently, at least not after dying in bed. The BBC’s radio obituary slot turned to a Swiss entrepreneur who had the honour of interpreting between Pinochet and Margaret Thatcher – another candidate for the same accolade, I suppose. Evidently, they never said anything memorable.