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Published December 27, 2012, 10:02 PM

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies

The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander's reputed temper with aides supposedly earned him the nickname "Stormin' Norman". But others around the general, who died Thursday in Tampa, Fla., at age 78 from complications from pneumonia, knew him as a friendly, talkative and even jovial figure.

By: Lolita C. Baldor and Mitch Stacy, Associated Press

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