Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Original article: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/the-year-in-review-influential-people-who-died-in-2023-2968908/
