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Longtime AP reporter and editor Bill Mann dies at 83
The veteran AP journalist covered global hot spots for nearly 50 years and was remembered by colleagues as a meticulous, kind reporter.
- Bill Mann, a reporter and editor who covered global hot spots during a nearly 50-year career at The Associated Press, died Thursday in Reston, his family confirmed.
- A Georgia native who met his wife, Mimi Mann, at University, Mann served four years in the Navy before joining The Associated Press and leading the Cairo bureau for 10 years.
- His daughter, Samantha Rudolph, noted that his interview with boxer Cassius Clay, who later became Muhammad Ali, remained his favorite among countless assignments covering global events.
- Despite a 2010 Alzheimer diagnosis, Mann maintained his passion for journalism until his death in a memory care facility, his wife of more than 60 years said.
- Longtime United Nations bureau chief for The Associated Press, Lederer described Mann as a 'consummate' journalist whose kind personality and empathy for those he covered defined his legacy.
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Longtime AP reporter and editor Bill Mann dies at 83
Bill Mann, a reporter and editor who covered the Philippines, Egypt, India, Scandinavia and Washington, D.C. over a nearly 50-year career at The Associated Press, died Thursday in Reston, Virginia.
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