George E. Bria
George Emil Bria | |
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| Born | March 2, 1916 Rome, Italy |
| Died | March 18, 2017 (aged 101) New York City |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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| Children | 2 |
George Emil Bria (March 2, 1916 – March 18, 2017) was an Italian-American journalist who worked for the
Bria later became the chief AP correspondent at the United Nations and retired in 1981. He also wrote gardening columns, tending to his own vegetable garden in Westchester County, New York, after retiring.[1]
Career
Bria was born in Rome and immigrated with his family to Waterbury, Connecticut, at a young age. He graduated from Amherst College and Middlebury College and began his career as a journalist with the Waterbury Democrat and Hartford Courant.[1]
Bria was hired by the
Bria returned to the AP Foreign Desk in 1961 as a supervisory editor, known among subordinates for favoring brevity in reports, once stating that "the
Personal life
Bria lived with his wife, Mary, until her death in 1998.[1] In 2000, he married Arlette Philippous Brauer, a writer and editor for the medical magazine MD.[2] He lived in Pound Ridge, an affluent suburb of New York City in Westchester County.[3] Bria was an avid tennis player, participating in national over-85 tennis tournaments.[1]
References
- ^ The Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Associated Press. March 18, 2017. Archived from the originalon March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Weddings: Arlette Brauer, George Bria". The New York Times. June 18, 2000. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (October 28, 2013). "Chronicler of War Nears 100, and Counting". The New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
Further reading
- Gentiloni, Umberto (May 6, 2013). "Così ho annunciato al mondo che la guerra era finita". La Stampa (in Italian). Turin.
- Bria, George E. (February 11, 2015). "Last Man Standing". Amherst Magazine.