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	Edward von Kloberg III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward von Kloberg III (January 9, 1942 - May 1, 2005) was an American lobbyist, infamous for his representation of some of the most notorious dictators of the 20th century.
		Born Edward Joseph Kloberg III (he added a "van" to his name in the 1960s and changed it to "von" on the advice of Arnaud de Borchgrave, who told him it was more "distinguished") in New York City, he was the son of an engineer who built housing projects.
		Von Kloberg eventually went on to represent Saddam Hussein, Samuel K. Doe of Liberia, Nicolae Ceauşescu of Romania and Mobuto Sese Seko of the then-Zaire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_von_Kloberg_III (521 words)

	Tyrants' Lobbyist, Flamboyant to the End
		Von Kloberg embraced the slogan "shame is for sissies" as well as an unabashedly Edwardian style of living.
		Von Kloberg's sister said a lengthy note was found on the body, and U.S. Embassy officials in Rome told her that he committed suicide.
		Friends of von Kloberg saw the article as a revolting caricature of a man whose grace and charm were displayed at intimate dinner parties he threw to unite disparate voices -- 3,500 dinners, each with 12 guests, he estimated.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/02/AR2005050201380_pf.html (1420 words)

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		By this time Edward was under the influence of his greedy mistress, Alice Perrers, and the political scene became one of rivalry between the court party headed by John of Gaunt and the clerical party led by the Black Prince.
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	www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/Edward3.asp (1525 words)

	Guardian \| Edward von Kloberg
		He was Edward von Kloberg, public relations consultant and lobbyist for the loathsome, who has committed suicide at the age of 63.
		He called himself von Kloberg III in the American style, having decades earlier substituted "von" for his original "van" on the advice of a friend, the rightwing foreign affairs commentator, Arnaud de Borchgrave, who assured him that the German prefix was more distinguished.
		Von Kloberg was born in New York to a wealthy family.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5201892-110878,00.html (652 words)

	whatever already!: RIP, Baron Edward Von Kloberg III, 1942-2005
		Von Kloberg adopted a persona so thoroughly convincing that it was difficult for even him, I think, over time to know where the persona ended and the real person began, until one fully become the other.
		Von Kloberg was fortunate that I never wrote about the incident (by way of explanation, there are always too many good stories competing for the interest of most journalists, including me, and this one didn't pass muster).
		Von Kloberg was right when he said it was perhaps for the best that he not always do his job so well.
	whateveralready.blogspot.com /2005/05/rip-baron-edward-von-kloberg-iii-1942.html (1668 words)

	TBRNews.org
		Von Kloberg was a staunch Republican, like Gannon, and a support of Republican causes, A frequent host of elegant, intimate and very formal dinners, he relished mixing political figures with Washington reporters.
		Von Kloberg, in turn, was passing this knowledge on to his clients in exchange for money and political influence.
		Von Kloberg had been considered a major thorn in the side of the Administration and, at the very least, the Department of State in the past, and now the various intelligence agencies had him in their sights.
	www.tbrnews.org /Archives/a1574.htm (3338 words)

	Edward J. von Kloberg III - SourceWatch
		Edward J. von Kloberg, III (January 9, 1942-May 1, 2005) was a flamboyant Washington lobbyist who listed among his clients a number of despotic world governments, including that of Saddam Hussein.
		In January of 1995, von Kloberg was hired by the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA), a conservative business group closely allied with the Guatemalan government, to conduct a three-month, $75,000 public relations campaign aimed at countering "the PR campaign implemented by...
		Von Kloberg retired in 2002, suffering from health problems that included cancer, diabetes and a heart attack.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Edward_J._von_Kloberg_III (1285 words)

	Edward von Kloberg III; flamboyant rep for international pariahs \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		von Kloberg came from a notorious "sting" operation by Spy magazine.
		von Kloberg expressed sympathy for the fake client – and her $1 million offer.
		von Kloberg saw the article as a revolting caricature of a man whose grace and charm were displayed at intimate dinner parties he threw to unite disparate voices – 3,500 dinners, each with 12 guests, he estimated.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050508/news_lz1j08kloberg.html (1283 words)

	Our Daily Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Edward von Kloberg III, Lobbyist for Many Dictators, Dies at 63
		von Kloberg, whose death was classified a suicide, apparently leapt from the parapet of a castle, the State Department said on Tuesday.
		von Kloberg eagerly took on some of the toughest cases: tyrants, dictators and mass murderers whom others refused even to meet.
	www.ourdailydead.com /wordpress/?p=637 (155 words)

	You Will Anyway
		Von Kloberg's sister said a long note was found on the body, and U.S. Embassy officials in Rome told her that he committed suicide.
		What I find most provocative is the symbology that von Kloberg carried to his death an eight-year old magazine bearing the image of GWH Bush.
		But von Kloberg enjoyed many honours, both from his international clients and from Washington society.
	youwillanyway.blogspot.com /2005/05/another-one-takes-nose-dive.html (690 words)

	The Truth Seeker - Voice of the White House — May 4, 2005
		Von Kloberg’s public relations “consultancy” thus served a client list which included most of the world’s mass murderers and worst dictatory, including many bitter enemies of the United States.
		It was plausibly postulated that this individual had passed whispered pillow talk on to the notorious von Kloberg in an attempt to impress the latter with both his knowledge and connections.
		On Sunday, May 1, 2005 Edward von Kloberg jumped, fell or was pushed from hundred foot high wall of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, once the tomb of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
	www.thetruthseeker.co.uk /article.asp?ID=3071 (3156 words)

	Embassy Row - The Washington Times: Embassy Row - May 06, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Edward, a friend of mine and of this column since it began in 1993, once described himself to me as a lobbyist to "saints, sinners, gods and generals." He was never embarrassed by some of the dictators he represented.
		Edward was always quick to add that he also represented leaders of many smaller democratic countries and promoted many nations he never expected to get as clients.
		Edward, who had an inner-ear disease that affected his balance, took a bad tumble in September 2003 on the way to lunch with diplomats from India, one of his clients.
	www.washingtontimes.com /world/20050505-105354-5725r.htm (711 words)

	Edward III
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	www.infoplease.com /ce5/A0816793.html (253 words)

	Shame is for Sissies
		Unlike most of today's influence peddlers, von Kloberg did the devil's work with flair, pride, and, often, a certain candor (although the "von" was a made-up moniker he added because he thought it sounded classy).
		Von Kloberg was the only lobbyist who tried to land the contract.
		A few months before von Kloberg leaped from the parapet (with a note for his lover in one pocket and, in another, a magazine whose cover photo showed him standing next to George H. Bush), disgraced superlobbyist Jack Abramoff stood before a congressional committee investigating his ethics and took the Fifth.
	www.motherjones.com /news/outfront/2005/09/shame_sissies.html (781 words)

	The Washington Diplomat
		Donning fl slippers embroidered with a devil holding a pitchfork, international publicist and lobbyist Edward J. von Kloberg III greeted guests at his double-penthouse apartment on Cathedral Avenue in NW Washington on May 30.
		The group of more than 100 diplomats, government officials and socialites came to watch the investiture of von Kloberg by the exiled Rwandan King, Kigeli V and to bid farewell to Clinton administration Deputy Chief of Protocol Fred DuVal.
		Von Kloberg read letters of farewell and best wishes for DuVal from former Austrian Ambassador Helmut Tuerk and his wife Monika and former Swedish Ambassador Henrik Liljegren and his wife Nil.
	www.washdiplomat.com /01-07/a7_07_01.html (787 words)

	Flutterby! : Shame is for Sissies 2005-05-04 07:52:55.396021-07 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		According to the Telegraph and NPR, Edward Von Kloberg III is dead.
		Von (or was it Van?) Kloberg was for many years the top Washington PR flack for Saddam Hussein, Ceasescu of Romania, Mobuto Sese Seko and Samuel Doe, the Butcher of Liberia.
		Long a fixture of the DC party circuit, Kloberg was known for his Continental manners (although he was born in NYC) and his silk capes.
	www.flutterby.com /archives/comments/7897.html (273 words)

	Peace and Conflict Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		His name was Edward von Kloberg III and his motto was shame is for sissies.
		A man who practiced what he preached, von Kloberg contracted out his elite PR services to the baddest of the bad, the most despicable tyrants and dictators in the world among them, Saddam Hussein, Samuel K. Doe, Nicolae Ceausescu, and the military regime in Burma.
		More likely than his own sympathetic rendition of events, von Kloberg was probably nothing more than a high-class huckster up to the very end, able to take even his own morally dubious career and give it a gentle sheen of occasional good works.
	www.monitor.upeace.org /archive.cfm?id_article=271 (637 words)

	Daimnation!: A strange, shameless life
		Edward von Kloberg III - he added the "von" to his name because it sounded sophisticated - committed suicide last weekend after years of lobbying for the world's worst dictators, tyrants and killers:
		As for a "defence lawyer" comparison, we accept that the State must prove an accused's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and accordingly we accept that even the most distasteful client is entitled to a defence.
		There is no constitutional right to good PR, however, and "von" Kloberg took his fascination with absolute evil - something we all have, to some deree - to disturbing extremes.
	www.damianpenny.com /archived/004276.html (362 words)

	Operatic exit for spin doctor to dictators - World - theage.com.au
		Washington mourned in public but privately allowed itself a smile after the suicide of the king of its public relations circuit, notorious for representing dictators and declaring that "shame is for sissies".
		Edward von Kloberg III, 63, an American who changed his name because he thought it would sound better with a German twist, flung himself from the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome - the site of Tosca's suicide in the Puccini opera.
		Mr Kloberg was a legend in Washington, a status underlined by the front-page treatment of his death under the headline "Tyrant's lobbyist, flamboyant to the end" in Tuesday's Washington Post.
	www.theage.com.au /news/World/Operatic-exit-for-spin-doctor-to-dictators/2005/05/04/1115092560102.html?from=moreStories (365 words)

	AlterNet: The Baron's Last Exit
		Baron Edward Von Kloberg III was a man given to grand entrances and grand exits. The former public relations man to Saddam Hussein and Mobutu Sese Seko, while recently on vacation in Rome, flung himself in full fury off a parapet of the Castel Sant' Angelo, the same site of Tosca's suicide in the Pucini opera.
		Von Kloberg did not take the medal too seriously. He majestically flung the medal over one of his tuxedos or capes as a gay kitsch fashion accessory.
		One of the reasons that I got to know Von Kloberg so well was that I wanted him to cooperate with an article I would write about him, whereby he would give me unrestricted access to everything he did over the course of a week.
	alternet.org /story/22020 (627 words)

	All Things Considered (NPR): Interview: Adam Bernstein discusses the legacy of the late Edward von Kloberg III@ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Interview: Adam Bernstein discusses the legacy of the late Edward von Kloberg III
		One thing that Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu, Liberia's Samuel Doe and Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko had in common, in addition to being brutal despots, was Edward von Kloberg III, aka Edward van Kloberg III, aka Edward Joseph(ph) Kloberg III.
		Kloberg lobbied in Washington for all of them.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:113331720&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (223 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Dramatic end for the PR chief who lobbied for tyrants
		Mr Kloberg was a legend in Washington, a status underlined by the front-page treatment of his death, under the headline, "Tyrant's Lobbyist, Flamboyant to the End", in yesterday's Washington Post.
		Critics noted that Mr Kloberg's clients tended to end up either dead at the hands of their outraged populations or serving lengthy prison terms.
		Even as the thieving Mobutu faced mounting opposition to his rule in 1990, Mr Kloberg was planning a public relations offensive to present his client in the best possible light.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/04/wklob04.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/04/ixworld.html (628 words)

	Noblesse Oblog: Things that make you go hmmmm . . .
		von Kloberg liked to call himself the lobbyist for "the impossible," rather than the reprehensible, and he proudly noted that he turned away only one potential client as irredeemable.
		Edward Joseph Kloberg III was born in New York on Jan. 9, 1942.
		His firm became the public relations outfit of choice for many leaders who were on their way to becoming outlaws.
	noblesseoblog.blogspot.com /2005/05/things-that-make-you-go-hmmmm.html (448 words)

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		Among the clients he represented were Saddam Hussein; Samuel K. Doe of Liberia; Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania; SLORC (the Burmese junta); a cabal of Guatemalan businessmen who supported the country's murderous, Right-wing government; Mobutu Sese Seko of the former Zaire and Laurent Kabila the man who overthrew Mobutu and renamed the country to the DRC.
		It should excoriate him, the scum he represented and the politicos, "socialites and journalists" in DC and elsewhere who listened to him and who allowed his lavish parties and God-knows-what-else influence their decisions.
		It is people like Kloberg and their admirers who help make this planet the strife torn and misery wracked place it is. That the Washington Post can't recognize that is a sad commentary on the state of modern journalism...or at least the 'sophisticates' who work at the Post.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=7320732&postID=111514015188019050 (447 words)

	De tweede wet van Newton in de praktijk - 2 - Alt-F4.org
		Edward J. von Kloberg III valt op 3 mei 2005 van het Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome.
		Van Kloberg, een zelf-verklaarde baron, veranderde begin jaren tachtig zijn naam in Von Kloberg, op aanraden van Arnaud de Borchgrave (het onderwerp van eergisteren) die de Duitse klank gedistingeerd vond.
		Von Kloberg was lobbyist van de Axis of Evil: Amin, Mobutu, Kabila, Ceausescu, Kim Jong Il, de regimes van Birma en Liberia, Bouterse en Saddam Hoessein.
	www.alt-f4.org /102.html (1094 words)

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