“You risked yourself so many times over for those to whom no-one else would show mercy.”
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Marie Colvin
Marie Catherine Colvin was an American journalist who worked as a foreign affairs correspondent for the British newspaper The Sunday Times from 1985 until her death. She was one of the most prominent war correspondents of her generation, widely recognized for her extensive coverage on the frontlines of various conflicts across the globe. On February 22, 2012, while she was covering the siege of Ho…
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culture · American war correspondent (1956–2012) · journalist · also Marie Colvin, Marie Catherine Colvin, Colvin
Born 12 January 1956 · Died 22 February 2012 · Q231078
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2026· 2 entries
“Every civilian house on this street has been hit. We”
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2025· 2 entries
The French government issued arrest warrants for Bashar al-Assad and other high ranking Ba’athist Syrian officials
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A court in France issued an arrest warrant for former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six other officials of his regime over the attack that killed Colvin and Ochlik
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2021· 1 entry
Chris Terrio, who wrote the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, stated that Lois Lane's arc in the film was inspired by Colvin
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2019· 1 entry
The Columbia District Court found the Assad regime guilty of "extrajudicial killing", terming it as an "unconscionable crime" deliberately committed by the government, and mandated Syria to pay Colvin's family $302 milli
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2018· 1 entry
A film based on Colvin's life, A Private War, directed by Matthew Heineman, written by Arash Amel, and starring Rosamund Pike as Colvin, was released, based on the 2012 article "Marie Colvin's Private War" in Vanity Fair
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes (2013).
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2012· 7 entries
Awarded Anna Politkovskaya Award (2012).
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Awarded Foreign Reporter of the Year (2012).
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In a service attended by 300 mourners, including those who had followed her dispatches, friends and family
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Died 2012-02-22.
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While she was covering the siege of Homs alongside the French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik; the pair were killed in a targeted attack by Syrian government forces
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“The scale of human tragedy in the city is immense. The inhabitants are living in terror. Almost every family seems to have suffered the death or injury of a loved one.”
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“What is bravery, and what is bravado? Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price.”
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2011· 1 entry
While reporting on the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, she was offered an opportunity to interview Gaddafi again, along with two other journalists that she could nominate
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Reporter of the Year (2009).
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2001· 1 entry
While crossing from a Tamil Tigers-controlled area to a Government-controlled area; thereafter she wore an eyepatch
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2000· 3 entries
Awarded Courage in Journalism Award (2000).
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Awarded Foreign Reporter of the Year (2000).
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– Courage in Journalism, International Women's Media Foundation
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1999· 1 entry
In East Timor, she was credited with saving the lives of 1,500 women and children from a compound besieged by Indonesian-backed forces
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1988· 1 entry
“because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog.”
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1986· 1 entry
Was the first to interview Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after Operation El Dorado Canyon
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1984· 1 entry
Colvin was appointed Paris bureau manager for UPI, before moving to The Sunday Times in 1985
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1974· 1 entry
Spending her junior year of high school abroad on an exchange program in Brazil and later attended Yale University
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-01-12.
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