Björn Kumm (born 1938) is a Swedish journalist and author. He has written books on Latin America, the

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, and the history of terrorism. In 1967, as a young journalist Kumm was one of the few people to see the dead body of

Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14th May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentines, Argentine Communist revolution, Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and Military theory, military theorist. A majo ...

, after the execution of the captured revolutionary leader by

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n troops. Kumm described the scene in a November 11, 1967, exclusive for ''

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''.The Death of Che Guevara
by Bjorn Kumm, ''

'', Originally published on November 11, 1967 In 2007, Kumm wrote a biography on Guevara called ''Che''.

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Swedish journalists Living people 1938 births Date of birth missing (living people) {{Sweden-journalist-stub