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Nguyen Qui Duc, Whose Salon Became a Hanoi Hub, Dies at 65
A former refugee who found radio success in the U.S., he opened an exhibition space in his native Vietnam that drew artists and ambassadors. Anthony Bourdain dropped in.
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Nguyen Qui Duc in 2011. His salon “provided shelter and camaraderie for new creative voices in Vietnam that blossomed after the trauma of war,” a friend said. Credit...Justin Mott
By Seth Mydans
Dec. 6, 2023
Nguyen Qui Duc, the proprietor of a salon and exhibition space that became a Hanoi landmark, where both Vietnamese and foreigners gathered for music, poetry and long nights of drinks and sushi, died on Nov. 22 in a hospital in Hanoi. He was 65.
The cause was lung cancer, said his sister and sole survivor, Dieu-Ha Nguyen.
A war refugee as a teenager, Mr. Duc found success as a radio commentator in the United States before returning to Vietnam in 2006 to make a new life there. His magnetic personality drew a diverse clientele to the salon, from underground artists to ambassadors.
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A correction was made on Dec. 6, 2023
: An earlier version of this obituary misstated the year Mr. Duc’s father died. It was 2000, not 2001.
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Seth Mydans reported as a foreign and national correspondent for The New York Times and its sister publication, The International Herald Tribune, from 1983 to 2012. He continues to contribute to The Times. More about Seth Mydans
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 7, 2023, Section B , Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Nguyen Qui Duc, 65, Whose Salon Became a Hanoi Hub of Diversity . Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe
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