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Saturday, June 7, 2014

George Esper, American journalist and foreign correspondent (Associated Press), died he was 79.


George Esper was an American journalist died he was 79.. Esper was a noted foreign correspondent for the Associated Press during the Vietnam war, working at the AP's Saigon Bureau under bureau chief Edwin Q. White.[1][2] Esper refused to leave the city, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, during the Fall of Saigon, choosing to cover the aftermath of the end of the war.[1] He spent forty-two years reporting for the Associated Press.[1] He worked as a journalism professor at West Virginia University following his retirement from the AP in 2000.[3]


(1932 – February 2, 2012) 

 
Esper was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1932, the son of Lebanese immigrants.[3] He graduated from West Virginia University, becoming the first member of his family to attend college.[1] Esper worked as a sports writer for the Uniontown Morning Herald and the Pittsburgh Press before being hired by the Associated Press in 1958.[1]
Esper died in his sleep on February 2, 2012, at the age of 79.[1] He was buried at St. George Maronite Catholic Church in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on February 9.[3]


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