Eugene Hasenfus stands outside U.S. District Court in Miami in December 1986 after appearing at a status hearing in his lawsuit against two Iran-Contra figures. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)

Eugene Hasenfus, center, arrives at the Popular Tribunal, or people’s court, on Nov. 4, 1986, in Managua, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Danilo Garcia, file)

Eugene Hasenfus stands outside U.S. District Court in Miami in December 1986 after appearing at a status hearing in his lawsuit against two Iran-Contra figures. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died.

Hasenfus died Nov. 26 in Menominee after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to

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