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1912 – 1994Erich Honecker (1912-1994)Died 29 May 1994, aged 81Erich Honecker, the former East German leader who oversaw the construction of the Berlin Wall and its Cold War-era regime, died in exile in Chile after facing prosecution in reunified Germany. He had been released from custody in 1993 on health grounds.