POPE JOHN PAUL II DIES AT 84

Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84 in his Vatican apartment on April 2, 2005. In this photo, Pope John Paul II enters the stage in Luneta Park to say mass to a million people in Manila, Philippines during a Papal visit in February, 1981. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)

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