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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: RGMike on April 20, 2011, 11:24:57 AM

Title: RIP Oscar-nominated director Tim Hetherington, 41
Post by: RGMike on April 20, 2011, 11:24:57 AM

co-director of the Oscar-nommed documentary Restrepo was killed in Libya where he was covering the fighting

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/africa/21photographers.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes

Title: Re: RIP Oscar-nominated director Tim Hetherington, 41
Post by: ggould on April 20, 2011, 06:10:32 PM

Quote from: RGMike on April 20, 2011, 11:24:57 AM

co-director of the Oscar-nommed documentary Restrepo was killed in Libya where he was covering the fighting

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/africa/21photographers.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes

I heard the news this morning on Thom Hartmann, moments after the news broke.  This was supposedly his last tweet:

Quote from: The late Tim Hetherington

“In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.”