Nancy Kissinger's Death Closes a Living Link to Cold War Diplomacy Era

Nancy Kissinger, a foreign affairs researcher who worked for Nelson Rockefeller before marrying Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1974, has died. Her passing severs a personal link to an era — détente, the opening to China, Vietnam negotiations — whose legacy remains contested. She belonged to the Rockefeller-Kissinger foreign policy network before and throughout her husband's career.