Col Gaddafi was said to be badly shaken by the bombings, in which his adopted daughter was killed.

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Colbert, whose tongue-in-cheek public-relations coups have included having a Virgin America airplane and a flavor of Ben and Jerry's ice cream named after him, followed the exploits of his "adopted daughter" on his nightly show.

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Enke is survived by his wife and eight-month-old daughter, who the couple adopted.

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