Remembering Van Cliburn

12:10 PM, Feb 27, 2013   |    comments
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Van Cliburn, the pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock-star status, died Wednesday after a fight with bone cancer.