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Veteran British journalist Robert Fisk passed away on Sunday after suffering a stroke at his home in the Irish capital, Dublin, following a long journalistic career, which included 4 decades covering events in the Middle East.
The Irish newspaper reported that Fisk fell ill on Friday, was taken to St. Vincent Hospital and died shortly after, at the age of 74.
Fisk was one of the most respected and controversial British foreign correspondents of the modern era, and in 2005 the New York Times described him as perhaps Britain’s most famous foreign correspondent.
Fisk has a long relationship with Ireland dating back to 1972, when he moved to Belfast to work as a correspondent for the London Times at the height of the riots.
Fisk received his Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin, and completed a dissertation on the neutrality of Ireland during World War II.
His career began with the Sunday Express in London and he soon moved on to work as a reporter for The Times.
After making a name for himself in Northern Ireland, Fisk moved for a short period to Portugal, then headed to Beirut, where he worked as a correspondent in the Middle East.
Among the events he has covered are the Lebanese Civil War, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian revolution, and the Iran-Iraq war.
Fisk is considered one of the highly informed experts in the Middle East region.
In 1989, he joined the London Independent and continued until his death.
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