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- Birth nameJoseph Charles Wilson IV
- Joseph Wilson was born on November 6, 1949 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer, known for Fair Game (2010), Broadcast Blues (2009) and Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2004). He was married to Valerie Plame Wilson, Jacqueline Ann Giorgi and Susan Dale Otchis. He died on September 27, 2019 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
- SpousesValerie Plame Wilson(April 3, 1998 - 2017) (divorced, 2 children)Jacqueline Ann Giorgi(1986 - 1998) (divorced)Susan Dale Otchis(April 27, 1973 - December 27, 1986) (divorced, 2 children)
- As acting ambassador to Iraq before the First Gulf War in 1991, he was the last US diplomat to meet Saddam Hussein.
- He was a US envoy who disproved allegations that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had purchased enriched uranium in Niger. These allegations were promoted by the Bush administration as evidence of "weapons of mass destruction" and pretext for the US invasion of Iraq.
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