General Norman Schwarzkopf (Ret) dead at 78 Written by Yahoo News on 27 December 2012. Posted in Obituaries View Comments WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S.-led international coalitionthat drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991, has died. He was 78. Read complete story... View the discussion thread. back to top