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Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead.
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Harold Holt
Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 to 1967
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Prime Minister of Australia
Head of government of Australia
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Presumption of death
Declaring a person legally dead in the absence of a corpse
A presumption of death occurs when an individual is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding of remains attributable to that person. Such a presumption is typically made by an individual when a person has been missing…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)