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unique thing about chavez. one of the first that comes to mind is what a great singer he was. when i was a correspondent in cuba, he came on a number of occasions and he would be in the middle of the speech and break into song. he had this deep, rich voice and would sing these gospel-like songs. so that's something i always think of. put then, of course, there is the time that he tried to imply the united states could be behind the cancer that not only he was suffering, but other latin american left wing leaders like argentina's cristina kirchner and lula, he said maybe they discovered a technology to infect us. very quirky. and then another thing that probably a lot of americans don't realize is that this guy who railed against imperialism for 14 years, the first year that he was in office way back in 1999, he rang the closing bell at the new york stock exchange, brooke. >> three odd things i had no idea the man could carry a tune. shasta darlington, formerly --