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Notable Journalists Deaths

  • Michael Hastings, 33 (1980 - 2013)

    Michael Hastings

    SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an unfailingly bright and hard-charging...

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  • Bob Lyons (2013)

    Bob Lyons

    The Associated PressPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bob Lyons, who covered Philadelphia sports legends from Bob Clarke to Reggie White during 35 years as a freelancer for The Associated Press, has died. He was 73.He died Wednesday at a hospital in Meadowbrook, Pa., following a two-year battle with heart disease, his son, Rick Lyons, said."Bob was a trusted, reliable, hard-working reporter, and a pleasure...

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  • Ed Hotaling (2013)

    Ed Hotaling

    The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — A family member says Ed Hotaling, a network news journalist and author of several books including "They're Off! Horse Racing at Saratoga," has died.Greg Hotaling says his father died of heart failure Monday at the age of 75. He had been in a Staten Island nursing home since a serious car accident in 2007.Born and raised in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Hotaling...

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  • Dragan Banovic (2013)

    Dragan Banovic

    The Associated PressSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Dragan Banovic, a video stringer for The Associated Press who covered a series of wars that erupted after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, died on Wednesday. He was 60.Banovic was based in the Croatian coastal city of Dubrovnik and covered its siege by Serbian and Montenegrin forces for the local Croatian channel HRT in 1991. He worked for...

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  • Hal McClure (2013)

    Hal McClure

    CHRISTOPHER WEBER, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Hal McClure, who covered two Arab-Israeli wars after turning a passion for travel and the written word into a career as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press, has died in California. He was 92.McClure died Sunday at a Laguna Hills hospital following surgery to relieve a blood clot on his brain from a recent fall, according to...

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