William Tuohy

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William Tuohy

William "Bill" Tuohy (October 1, 1926 – December 31, 2009) was a journalist and author who, for most of his career, was a

foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.[1][2]

Early life

Tuohy was born on October 1, 1926, in

In 1947, and after leaving the navy, Tuohy was injured in a

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, graduating from Northwestern University in 1951. The following year he went to work at the San Francisco Chronicle as a copy boy.[2][3]

Career

At the San Francisco Chronicle, Tuohy gained promotion to

Saigon in 1965, just as the United States was entering the Vietnam War. He was there when the United States began bombing North Vietnam, and when the first US combat troops came ashore at Da Nang.[3]

In 1966 Tuohy joined the Los Angeles Times as the Saigon Bureau Chief. In 1969 Tuohy won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his Vietnam War correspondence the previous year. Tuohy had a lengthy career as a foreign correspondent. He served as Beirut Bureau Chief from 1968 to 1973, Rome Bureau Chief from 1973 to 1977, London Bureau Chief from 1977 to 1985, Bonn Bureau Chief from 1985 to 1990 and European Security Correspondent from 1990 to 1995. In addition to postings as bureau chief, he covered the Fall of Saigon, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, The Troubles of Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War.[2][3][4]

In 1979, when fellow Los Angeles Times correspondent

Revolutionary Guards. After negotiations, he received Morris's body and flew back to the US, returning the body to Morris's family.[3]

In 1989, he published a memoir, Dangerous Company, Inside the World's Hottest Trouble Spots with a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Correspondent.[5][6]

Retirement

Tuohy retired in 1995.[3]

After retiring, Tuohy wrote two books of naval history. The Bravest Man: The Story of Richard O'Kane and U.S. Submariners in the Pacific War was published in 2001 in the U.K. and 2006 in the U.S.

John S. McCain, Sr.[3]

Tuohy died December 31, 2009, following open-heart surgery in Santa Monica, California.[2]

Family

Tuohy married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Ellen Dufek in 1955, and lasted until 1957 before they were divorced. In 1964 he married Johanna Iselen and had a son, Cyril. He and Johanna were divorced in 1989. He married a third time in 1998, to Rose Marie Wheeler, a French citizen born in Vietnam.[3]

Awards

In addition to the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, Tuohy won the Overseas Press Club award for his reporting from the Middle East in 1970.[2] He also won the Best Feature Story award in 2003 from Submarine Review.[citation needed]

His last award was, alphabetically, being the last notable person to die in 2009.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "William Tuohy biography". williamtuohy.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e McLellan, Dennis (2010-01-01). "William Tuohy dies at 83; ..." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Davison, Phil (2010-01-09). "Eyewitness to history who wrote with commitment and elan". Financial Times.
  4. ^ "Pulitzer Prizes for 1968". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  5. ^ Carl Sessions Stepp (1989-08-23). "Datelines and Deadlines". The Washington Post.
  6. The Los Angeles Times
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