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Charles Moore, 79 (1931 - 2010)
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The world saw glimpses of the civil rights movement through Charles Moore's eyes: In black-and-white photographs, he captured arresting images of the integration riots at Ole Miss in 1962, the fire hoses in Birmingham in '63, a Ku Klux Klan rally in North Carolina in '65. The Alabama native recognized the significance of the...
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John Nance, 74 (1935 - 2010)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - John Nance, a former Associated Press reporter and photographer who covered the Vietnam War and later oversaw the news cooperative's operations in the Philippines, has died. He was 74. Nance died Tuesday of cancer at his home in Columbus, according to Schoedinger funeral home, which is handling the arrangements. He was named the AP's bureau chief in the Philippines...
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Tomás Eloy Martinez, 75 (1934 - 2010)
(Associated Press) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina A family friend says Argentine author and journalist Tomas Eloy Martinez has died at age 75. Carlos Diuk says the Argentine writer famed for his works on the lives of former President Juan Domingo Peron and his wife Eva died in Buenos Aires after a long battle with cancer. Martinez was a columnist for The New York Times, Spain's El Pais...
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Deborah Howell, 68 (1941 - 2010)
(Associated Press) ST. PAUL, Minn. - Former Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell is being remembered as "a powerful force for good journalism" who was a loyal friend and an inspiring mentor to others in the industry. Howell, 68, died Friday when she was struck by a car in Blenheim, a town of 30,000 people on the northeast coast of New Zealand's South Island. Detective Sgt. John...
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William Tuohy, 83 (1926 - 2009)
Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent William Tuohy has died at 83. Tuohy's stepson Adam Wheeler says the veteran reporter who worked for the Los Angeles Times and Newsweek died Thursday after open heart surgery at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. Tuohy won his international reporting Pulitzer in 1969 for his coverage of the Vietnam War as the Times' Saigon bureau chief....
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Christos Lambrakis (2009)
The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece — Publisher and journalist Christos Lambrakis, who headed Greece's largest media group for decades and was the driving force behind the creation of Athens'...
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Mike Penner, 52 (1957 - 2009)
(Associated Press) By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner, who announced two years ago he was a transsexual and was changing his...
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Alejandro Reblando (2009)
The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines -- Alejandro "Bong" Reblando, a veteran Filipino journalist and former Associated Press stringer, was among at least 18 reporters killed in an attack on...
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Bob Twigg (2009)
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Bob Twigg, a former USA Today journalist who won $9 million in the Virginia Lottery, has died. he was 62. Jan Alderton, editor of the Cumberland (Md.) Times-News,...
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Peter Francis Storer, 81 (1928 - 2009)
SARATOGA, Wyo. - Radio, television and cable industry leader and prominent philanthropist Peter Francis Storer has died. He was 81. Storer died Sunday at his home in Saratoga, his daughter,...
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Mike McQueen (2009)
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - Mike McQueen, chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Louisiana and Mississippi, has died. He was 52. McQueen, who had been on medical leave since the spring, died...
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Hanns Neuerbourg (2009)
By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer GENEVA — Hanns Neuerbourg, a roving Associated Press correspondent in eastern Europe who also covered the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and...
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Edward Blanton Kimbell, 93 (1916 - 2009)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Edward Blanton Kimbell, an electronics maven who played a major role in guiding The Associated Press into the computer age beginning half a century ago, has died. He was 93...
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Jack Nelson (2009)
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who covered the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal for the...
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Nan Robertson, 83 (1926 - 2009)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (Associated Press) - Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who wrote a book about female employees' fight for equal treatment at the newspaper, has died....
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Timothy J. Russert, Sr., 85 (1923 - 2009)
BUFFALO, New York (Associated Press) -- The father of the late "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert has died in Buffalo, New York. He was 85. The family of Timothy J. Russert Sr. issued a...
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Irving Kristol, 89 (1920 - 2009)
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- Irving Kristol, the political writer and publisher known as the godfather of neo-conservatism whose youthful radicalism...
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Jeanne Toomey (2009)
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Jeanne Toomey, a pioneering reporter who dropped out of law school in 1943 to take a job covering the New York police beat, has died. She was 88. Toomey...
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Bobby Model (2009)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Associated Press) - Bobby Model, a noted adventure photographer who suffered a traumatic brain injury more than two years ago in South Africa when a chunk of concrete smashed...
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W. Horace Carter (2009)
W. Horace Carter, a North Carolina newspaper publisher whose crusades against the Ku Klux Klan earned a Pulitzer Prize, has died. He was 88. Mitchell Ward, director of Inman Funeral Home in...
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Max C. Page, 60 (1949 - 2009)
VIENNA, Va. (Associated Press) - Max C. Page, a top executive at the Newseum and a former broadcast journalist, has died. Page oversaw design and construction of the journalism museum's new...
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Martin Wolman, 90 (1919 - 2009)
MADISON, Wis. (Associated Press) - Martin "Murph" Wolman, a retired publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal who started out selling newspapers on the streets of Madison when he was a boy and...
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Richard Fogel, 86 (1923 - 2009)
Thousand Oaks, CA - (Associated Press) Richard Fogel, co-founder of San Francisco's Bay City News Service and advocate for increasing public access to government, has died. He was 86. Fogel...
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Army Archerd, 87 (1922 - 2009)
By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES -- Army Archerd, whose breezy column for the entertainment trade publication Daily Variety kept tabs on various Hollywood doings for more...
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Dominick Dunne, 83 (1925 - 2009)
By POLLY ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK --Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling novels...
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William A. Emerson, Jr., 86 (1923 - 2009)
William A. Emerson Jr., a journalist and author who covered civil rights flashpoints as part of a cadre of gutsy Southern reporters and later served as editor in chief of The Saturday Evening Post...
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Don Hewitt, 86 (1922 - 2009)
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK — Don Hewitt, the CBS newsman who invented "60 Minutes" and produced the popular newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. He was 86. He...
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Robert Novak, 78 (1931 - 2009)
CHICAGO — Political columnist Robert Novak, a diehard conservative, pugilistic debater and proud owner of the "Prince of Darkness" moniker, died Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer that was...
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Warren Leary, Jr., 86 (1922 - 2009)
RICE LAKE, Wis. - Warren Leary Jr., a longtime owner and editor of a weekly newspaper that featured his column about life in northern Wisconsin, died Monday. was 86. Leary's family said he died...
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Mary Morris Lawrence, 95 (1914 - 2009)
Mary Morris Lawrence, one of the first female photographers at The Associated Press, has died. She was 95. She died Aug. 12 at her home in Oakland, Calif., her husband, Harold Lawrence, said...
