Terry Anderson, US journalist held hostage in Lebanon, dead at 76
- US journalist Terry Anderson, held captive by Islamist militants in Lebanon for almost seven years, passed away at age 76, according to his daughter.
- Anderson, a Middle East correspondent for the AP and author of the memoir Den of Lions detailing his captivity, died at his New York home.
- Anderson's daughter reported his death resulted from complications of recent heart surgery.
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He was a 76-year-old American. He was serving as a Marine in Vietnam and a correspondent in Beirut.
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US journalist Terry Anderson, held hostage in Lebanon in 1980s, dies
Former chief Middle East correspondent was longest-held western hostage of Shia Muslim groups during crisisTerry Anderson, a US journalist who was held captive by Islamist militants for almost seven years in Lebanon and came to symbolise the plight of western hostages during the country’s 1975-90 civil war, has died aged 76, his daughter said.The former chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, who was the longest-held hostage of…
Terry Anderson, de journalist van persbureau AP die jarenlang gegijzeld werd in Libanon, is op 76-jarige leeftijd overleden. Volgens zijn familie overleed hij aan complicaties na een hartoperatie. De Amerikaan Anderson zat het langste vast van alle westerse gijzelaars die in de jaren 80 werden ontvoerd door moslimmilities. Op 16 maart 1985 werd hij na een potje tennis door gewapende mannen overvallen, hij zou pas in december 1991 vrijkomen. Zijn…
At the age of 76, the American journalist Terry Anderson died, who spent almost seven years in prison after being abducted in Lebanon during the Civil War in 1985. The Associated Press, for which he worked, informed him of this, appealing to his daughter Sulome’s statement.
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