Times Correspondent Anthony Shadid Dies in Syria

New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose dispatches captured untold stories from Baghdad under "shock and awe" bombing to Libya wracked by civil war, died Thursday of an asthma attack in Syria.

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over 1 year ago

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asthma, news media, journalism, new york times, correspondent

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Script[Location - Date:STILLS - VARIOUS][Source:THE WASHINGTON POST, ED OU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AP PHOTOS][VO:][VOICE-OVER]TRACK#1 [Notes:COURTESY: THE WASHINGTON POST]THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS THAT ONE OF ITS BEST-KNOWN REPORTERS, ANTHONY SHADID, HAS DIED IN SYRIA, APPARENTLY OF AN ASTHMA ATTACK.SHADID HAD BEEN IN SYRIA FOR THE PAST WEEK, REPORTING ON THE UPRISING AGAINST PRESIDENT BASHIR ASSAD.[Notes:COURTESY: ED OU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]SHADID WAS WITH NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER TYLER HICKS, PREPARING TO LEAVE SYRIA, WHEN HE SUFFERED THE FATAL ATTACK ON THURSDAY.THE TWO TRAVELLED WITH SMUGGLERS, SNEAKING INTO SYRIA ON HORSEBACK ABOUT A WEEK AGO.[Notes:SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST]THEY WERE LEAVING THE SAME WAY.THE TIMES SAYS BEING CLOSE TO THE HORSES MAY HAVE TRIGGERED SHADID'S ASTHMA.[Notes:SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS]SHADID WAS A FLUENT ARABIC SPEAKER.HE WON TWO PULITZER PRIZE AWARDS FOR HIS COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ.ANTHONY SHADID WAS 43.ED DONAHUE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: ED DONAHUE-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: ROD JUSSIM---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP PHOTOS-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ROD JUSSIM----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: NONE----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): NONE--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: i2776nko0490 222 eurw intw AND NEW YORK TIMES: At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies