Oswaldo Paya, a towering figure in Cuba's dissident movement who mixed Catholicism with political activism against his island's Communist regime, died late Sunday in a car crash in Cuba's eastern Granma province, according to state media. Mr. Paya was 60.

Mr. Paya was killed when his car crashed on a road outside of the city of Bayamo, the media said. Another activist, Harold Cepero, was also killed. Two Europeans accompanying the activists had been hospitalized.

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