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Walter Kissinger, corporate chief executive, philanthropist and more low-key brother of Henry – obituary Asked why he had lost all trace of his brother’s thick German accent, Walter replied: ‘I am the Kissinger who listens’ 3 June 2021 • 3:20pm Walter Kissinger, right, and his brother Henry Kissinger visiting their native town of Fürth, Bavaria, in 2004 Credit: Action Press/Shutterstock Walter Kissinger, who has died aged 96, was a successful businessman and philanthropist – and younger brother of the former US secretary of state Doctor Henry Kissinger. Though he once featured in a list of embarrassing political siblings alongside Billy Carter and Piers Corbyn, his gaffes were mild by comparison. Most famously, when asked by a journalist why he had no trace of his brother’s heavy German accent, he replied: “I am the Kissinger who listens.” ....