Margaret Moth

Just noticed a small announcement about the death of Margaret Moth.
For those of you who never heard of her, Margaret Moth (August 21, 1951 – March 21, 2010) was a photojournalist who worked for CNN.
Born in New Zealand she moved to the United States and worked for CNN from 1990 until 2006/2007.

While working for CNN, Moth covered the Persian Gulf War, the rioting that followed Indira Gandhi's assassination, the civil war in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the Bosnian War.
In July 1992, Moth was shot and severely wounded while filming in Sniper Alley in Sarajevo. She underwent multiple surgeries that saved her life, but was left with permanent damage to her face and voice that, she said, left her sounding perpetually drunk. Despite her injuries, she returned to work in Sarajevo six months later, joking that she was going back to look for her missing teeth.

She was the subject of the CNN documentary Fearless: the Margaret Moth Story, which aired in October 2009. It was the story of her reporting the news in dangerous war zones, without fear. In the documentary, she was quoted as saying, "I've gotten everything out of life."

Honesty requires the mention, the accentuated part above is not my own writing. Its copied from the net. After seeing part 1 and part 2 of the documentary "Fearless", I simply wasn't able to summarize or write down my own feelings about this amazing woman.

Ironicly bullets or other dangers while covering a war zone didn't kill her. Cancer was diagnosed in 2007. She died yesterday the 21th of March.

A very impressive woman who should have gotten more attention in life, instead of ending as a small footnote about her passing away.

To be honest I'd never heard of Margaret, but wow what a story.

Thanks for the link Martin.

Thank you Martin. I had heard the name but did not know the full story. An individual! Thanks for the links.

Stephen

Martin,

Coincidentally, The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, carried two obituaries for photographers yesterday.

Adelie Hurley, an Australian press and free-lance photographer of the 1950s, aged 90 yrs. She was the daughter of Frank Hurley, himself an Antarctic and war photographer.

Also NASA photographer William "Two More" Taub, aged 86.

Exalted company, and exemplary people. Vale.

Thank you Martin for bringing her to everyone's attention.

I read of her passing on another forum yesterday.

A truly remarkable person, felled by a terrible disease. Even whilst fighting the disease though she continued to live her life to the full.

I'm not sure she would have appreciated more attention in life, but it would be great if she finally received the recognition she deserves now.