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HOSTAGE FREED IN LEBANON ON THIS DAY

Terry A Anderson - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

On December 4, 1991, Islamic militants in Lebanon released
kidnapped American journalist Terry Anderson after 2,454
days in captivity.

As chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press,
Anderson covered the long-running civil war in Lebanon,1975- 
1990. On March 16, 1985, he was kidnapped on a west Beirut 
street while leaving a tennis court.

His captors took him to the southern suburbs of the city, where
he was held prisoner in an underground dungeon for the next
six-and-a-half years.


American hostage Terry Anderson photographed by his
captors in Lebanon on Oct. 21, 1988.

From the Global Journalist Vault: Former Hostage Terry Anderson on Press Freedom | KBIA

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Anderson being welcomed home to Lorain, Ohio on June
21, 1992.

Ex-AP Hostage Terry Anderson Back in Beirut to Teach U.S. J-Students How to Report Accurately on ...
Terry Anderson turned 76 on October 27th.

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BROADCASTER HAS PASSED AT AGE 79

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Our reporter sneaks into the audience for Jerry Springer's TV freak show - Tom's Write Turns
Springer is best known for “The Jerry Springer Show,”
which he hosted for 27 years.

Jerry Springer, former mayor who transformed daytime TV, dead at 79 ...
Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023)


(TMZ) – Beloved talk show host and former Cincinnati Mayor
Jerry Springer died Thursday at the age of 79, following a
brief illness.

Springer’s death was confirmed by TMZ, who reported he
was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago and eventually
became worse toward the end of April. A spokesperson
confirmed he died peacefully at his home in the Chicago
area Thursday morning, according to the outlet.

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TELEVISION JOURNALIST HAS DIED AT 82

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Bernard Shaw (May 22, 1940 – September 7, 2022)

Shaw was an journalist and news anchor for CNN from 1980 until
his retirement in March 2001. Prior to his time at CNN, he was a
reporter and anchor for
WNUS, Westinghouse Broadcasting, CBS
News
, and ABC News.

Bernard Shaw died at a hospital in Washington, D.C. after
contracting pneumonia.

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AP JOURNALIST MARCUS ELIASON HAS DIED

This 2011 photo shows Associated Press journalist Marcus Eliason in New York. Eliason, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and skillful editing graced Associated Press news wires for almost a half-century, has died at age 75. Eliason died on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in a New York hospital, his family said. (AP Photo/Charles J. Hanley)

NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Eliason, an international journalist
whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and skillful editing
graced Associated Press news wires for almost a half-century,
has died. He was 75.

He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, developed
pneumonia earlier this week at a nursing home, and died on
Friday in a New York hospital.

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TELEVISION JOURNALIST TURNED 49 TODAY

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                                                 Megyn Marie Kelly
   

Journalist and former corporate defense attorney Megyn Kelly was a anchor
at
Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and a talk show host and news correspondent
with
NBC News from 2017 to 2018.

Fox News host Megyn Kelly is known for her work on America Live and
America’s Newsroom. She hosted The Kelly File from 9 to 10 p.m. EST on weekdays. She began hosting Megyn Kelly Today on NBC in 2017.

Kelly played field hockey, basketball, and was a cheerleader in high school.

She practiced law for nearly a decade before finding success in broadcast journalism.

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