World | Hugo Chavez dead Hugo Chavez, in Images Venezuelan leader dead at age 58 By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Mar 5, 2013 4:57 PM CST Copied July 24, 2012: Hugo Chavez holds up a pair of pistols that he says belonged to Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) See 18 more photos As the analyses start to filter in in the wake of the death of Hugo Chavez, the Huffington Post offers a slideshow of memorable moments from his life here. Reuters offers its version here. Read These Next Bill Gates wants less 'doomsday' talk on climate change. 26 states just sued the federal government over food stamps. Texas just filed suit over Tylenol's alleged links to autism. He had his head in a bear's jaws. That wasn't what killed him. Report an error