Hanna Kvanmo
Age: 79
Summary: longstanding
member of the Nobel Peace Prize committee who caused a stir during her
last year of committee membership by stating that she wished she could
revoke former Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres's share of the
Nobel Prize awarded to him because she believed that Peres condoned
Israeli military attacks in Palestinian areas as part of prime minister
Ariel Sharon's government.
Cause of Death: Brief illness
Born: June 14, 1926
Died: June 23, 2005
Location: Oslo, Norway