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Heyward Isham, 82, Cold War figure from Sagaponack dies

Longtime Sagaponack resident Heyward Isham was a Russian scholar who held key Foreign Service posts during the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, a man dedicated to serving his country and strengthening cultural understanding.

Isham died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Southampton Hospital. He was 82.

For the past 15 years, Isham and his wife, Sheila Eaton Isham, a noted artist, had...

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