Former U.S. intelligence agent Tony Mendez, architect of ‘Argo’ rescue, dies at 78
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Former United States Central Intelligence Agency agent Tony Mendez died Saturday, aged 78, at a Frederick, Maryland assisted living facility. Mendez is known for organizing the safe return in 1980 of several U.S. nationals who had hidden in the Canadian embassy during the Iran Hostage Crisis. …