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Former general who briefly ran S. Vietnam dies in USAP GARDEN GROVE, California -- Khanh Nguyen, a South Vietnamese general who briefly gained control of the government in a coup and went on to lead a “government in exile” in California, has died. He was 86.
January 27, 2013, 12:04 am TWN Nguyen died Jan. 11 at a San Jose hospital after struggling with diabetes-related health problems, said Chanh Nguyen Huu, who succeeded Nguyen as head of the California-based Government of Free Vietnam in Exile. Nguyen briefly took control of the government in a Jan. 30, 1964, coup, but left Vietnam the following year after being forced out of power.
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