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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Peter Arnett Dies at 91

12/18/2025

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Peter Arnett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, died at 91 in Newport Beach, California.
He gained fame during the 1991 Gulf War for live reports from Baghdad as missiles struck the city.
He began with The Associated Press in Vietnam and later joined CNN, where he interviewed Saddam Hussein.
NBC dismissed him.
He retired in 2014 to Southern California.

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Peter Arnett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, died at 91 in Newport Beach, California.
He gained fame during the 1991 Gulf War for live reports from Baghdad as missiles struck the city.
He began with The Associated Press in Vietnam and later joined CNN, where he interviewed Saddam Hussein.
NBC dismissed him.
He retired in 2014 to Southern California.