A courageous correspondent who reported from the world’s trouble spots
A courageous correspondent who reported from the world's trouble spots. A supporter of humanitarian causes. A good friend. Those were among the reactions to the death of Terry Anderson, the former chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press. Anderson was one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was abducted from Lebanon in 1985 and held for almost seven years. Anderson, 76, died Sunday in Greenwood Lake, New York, of complications from recent heart surgery.
” - Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor of the AP. “He never liked to be called a hero, but that’s what everyone persisted in calling him.' - Sulome Anderson, daughter. “Though my father’s life was marked by extreme suffering during his time as a hostage in captivity, he found a quiet, comfortable peace in recent years.
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