Summary
Pulitzer Prize-winning war reporter Peter Arnett has died at age 91 in California, where he was receiving hospice care for prostate cancer. Arnett, born in New Zealand, was known for his reporting on the Vietnam and Gulf Wars, and for interviewing significant figures like Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.
Key Facts
- Peter Arnett died at 91 in California from prostate cancer.
- He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist best known for covering wars in Vietnam and the Gulf.
- Arnett started his career with the Associated Press in Vietnam from 1962 to 1975.
- He gained fame through his work with CNN during the first Gulf War.
- Arnett was one of few Western reporters in Baghdad during the Gulf War.
- He conducted a groundbreaking interview with Osama Bin Laden in 1997.
- Arnett faced dismissal from NBC after an interview on Iraqi TV but was soon hired by the Daily Mirror.
- He was originally from New Zealand but became an American citizen.
