Anderson, kidnapped in Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly 7 years, was longest held of Western hostages Hezbollah abducted including Briton Terry Waite, who was trying to negotiate Anderson’s release.
ReutersThe American journalist Terry Anderson, who was abducted by Islamic militants in 1985 and spent six years as a hostage in Lebanon, died Saturday, his daughter, Sulome Anderson, announced in a statement. He was 76.Anderson’s cause of death was linked to complications from a recent heart surgery, Sulome said. “Terry was deeply committed to on-the-ground eyewitness reporting and demonstrated great bravery and resolve, both in his journalism and during his years held hostage,” said Julia Pace
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Terry Anderson, the AP correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.
The former Mideast correspondent for The Associated Press who was kidnapped in 1985 has died at his home in New York, according to his daughter, Sulome Anderson.
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