Remembering Eddie Adams Pulitzer Photographer
Friends and family gather in Manhattan to honor Eddie Adams 71 who died of ALS. The memorial recalls his vivid Saigon execution image and decades of war politics fashion and show business portraits. His colleagues praise his honesty and ability to reveal humanity in every shot.
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Salinger remembered as brilliant reporter and messenger
Pierre Salinger, former presidential press secretary and journalist, died in France last Saturday. Mourners at Holy Trinity Church numbered 300 to 400, including George McGovern, Gary Hart, Linda Johnson Robb, Ben Bradlee, Ted Koppel, Sam Donaldson, and Art Buchwald. He served in Kennedy and Johnson administrations and later became a television reporter.
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Acclaimed poet Anthony Hecht dies at 81
Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Hecht died at 81 after lymphoma in Washington. Born in 1923 in New York City, he won the 1968 Pulitzer for The Hard Hours and earned honors from the Bollingen Prize Ruth Lilly Prize and the Los Angeles Book Prize. His editor Debor ah Garrison praised his formal craft and dark humor. Hecht remained prolific with fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Guggenheim Foundation and served as Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets.
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